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Historical perspective on the discovery of porous silicon
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Materials ScienceSemiconductorsMiniaturizationElectronic DevicesBell Telephone LaboratoriesSemiconductor InterfacesElectronic MaterialsMicrofabricationEngineeringOriginal NotebooksSurface ScienceSiliceneSemiconductor MaterialSemiconductor Device FabricationChemistrySilicon On InsulatorPorous SiliconElectrochemistry
The paper reviews electrochemical semiconductor research that led to the discovery of porous silicon about 50 years ago, noting interest in the event timeline among PSST‑2004 attendees. The study aims to recollect the research that led to the discovery of porous silicon. The authors examined original Bell Telephone Laboratories notebooks containing the dates of the research, noting that no carbon copies were made or regularly filed. © 2005 WILEY‑VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.
This paper recollects the research undertaken in the field of electrochemistry of semiconductors, leading to the discovery of porous silicon, some 50 years ago. Some of the attendees at the PSST-2004 were interested in the “time line” of related events. Original notebooks with actual dates were left in the care of Bell Telephone Laboratories. Carbon copies were not made and regularly filed (as done at some other research laboratories). (© 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)