In 1916, Polish scientist Jan Czochralski devised something fundamental to today’s electronic devices. Even though this discovery secured him a place among the scientific greats, for decades his name ...

It’s called the Czochralski method, after the Polish scientist who accidentally discovered the structure more than a century ...

However, aside from damages to their facilities and infrastructure, the more critical issue they need to address is to ...

The process relies on the Czochralski method, in which crystals are “grown” by dipping a smaller “seed crystal” in molten silicon. The result is a large cylindrical block made of a single ...

Jan Czochralski był wybitnym polskim naukowcem. To odkrywca metody pozyskiwania monokryształów, bez których nie zadziała żaden laptop, tablet ani komórka. Jan Czochralski wymyślił też pierwszy płyn do ...

Silicon wafers produced by the Czochralski process with micrometer-scale pyramidal structural elements on their surfaces are significantly cheaper. These microtextures capture more light because ...

and fused quartz glass of nearly pure silicon dioxide is used for everything from optical communication fibers to the crucibles used to melt silicon for the Czochralski method of growing ...

Large crystals of calcium tungstate, which can be produced synthetically using the Czochralski process, have also been used as scintillators in nuclear medicine procedures. Because of the relative ...

Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is known for producing the high-quality mineral used in most computer chips, solar panels and fiber optics. It was largely flattened by floods after the storm.

Researchers from Norway and Germany investigated the influence of impurities in fused quartz crucibles used in silicon PV ...

The cell features a 267.72cm 2 monocrystalline silicon substrate grown using the Czochralski method. More details on the cell technology were not disclosed and the company did not say when it ...

as well as Czochralski for manufacturing of semiconductor wafers used in memory processors, optics, and micro electromechanical systems. The company was formerly known as Renewable Energy ...