Screen LibraryStanford R. Ovshinsky : the science and technology of an American genius /
This book highlights the achievements of the self-taught inventor, scientist, manufacturer and entrepreneur, Stanford R Ovshinsky. This remarkable individual could, without special training, compete with the well-funded establishments of learning and industry in the second half of the last century a...
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World Scientific Pub. Co.,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore : |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/6877#t=toc |
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This book highlights the achievements of the self-taught inventor, scientist, manufacturer and entrepreneur, Stanford R Ovshinsky. This remarkable individual could, without special training, compete with the well-funded establishments of learning and industry in the second half of the last century and leave us an incredible legacy of brilliant innovations with a lasting impact on our lives. His achievements extend over amazingly diverse fields and have or are prone to create new industries of great societal value. |
| Item Description: | "Presented to Stanford R. Ovshinsky on the occasion of his 85th birthday, November 24, 2007"--P. [v]. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xi,380pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Include bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789812818416 (electronic bk.) |
| CLC: | TN37 |
| Contents: | ch. I. Stan Ovshinsky -- ch. II. New science. Fundamentals of amorphous materials / Stanford R. Ovshinsky. Amorphous materials, past, present and future / S. R. Ovshinsky. Amorphous and disordered materials - the basis of new industries / S. R. Ovshinsky -- ch. III. Phase change memory. Optically induced phase changes in amorphous materials / S. R. Ovshinsky. The relationship between crystal structure and performance as optical recording media in Te-Ge-Sb thin films / D. Strand ... [et al.]. Ovonic phase change memory making possible new optical and electrical devices / S. R. Ovshinsky. Phase-change optical storage media / Takeo Ohta and S. R. Ovshinsky. Optical cognitive information processing - a new field / S. R. Ovshinsky. Innovation providing new multiple functions in phase-change materials to achieve cognitive computing / S. R. Ovshinsky and B. Pashmakov. Ovonic chalcogenide non-binary electrical and optical devices / S. R. Ovshinsky -- ch. IV. Conversion of solar energy - photovoltaics. Yield and performance of amorphous silicon based solar cells using roll-to-roll deposition / K. Hoffman ... [et al.]. Lightweight flexible rooftop PV module / M. Izu ... [et al.]. The material basis of efficiency and stability in amorphous photovoltaics / S. R. Ovshinsky. Amorphous silicon alloy photovoltaic technology - from R&D to production / S. Guha ... [et al.]. PV metal roofing module / T. Ellison ... [et al.]. Effect of hydrogen dilution on the structure of amorphous silicon alloys / D. V. Tsu ... [et al.]. Heterogeneity in hydrogenated silicon: evidence for intermediately ordered chainlike objects / D. V. Tsu ... [et al.]. 25/30 MW ovonic roll-to-roll PV manufacturing machines / S. R Ovshinsky and M. Izu -- ch. V. Batteries. Alloy effects on cycle life of Ni-MH batteries / M. A. Fetcenko ... [et al.]. Selection of metal hydride alloys for electrochemical applications / M. A. Fetcenko, S. Venkatesan and S. R. Ovshinsky. A nickel metal hydride battery for electric vehicles / S. R. Ovshinsky, M. A. Fetcenko and J. Ross. Disordered materials in consumer and electric vehicle nickel metal hydride batteries / S. R. Ovshinsky ... [et al.]. Nickel/metal hydride technology for consumer and electric vehicle batteries - a review and up-date / S. K. Dhar ... [et al.]. Nickel-metal hydride: ready to serve / R. C. Stempel ... [et al.]. Development of high catalytic activity disordered hydrogen-storage alloys for electrochemical application in nickel-metal hydride batteries / S. R. Ovshinsky and M. A. Fetcenko -- ch. VI. Hydrogen storage, fuel cells and the hydrogen energy loop. Effect of alloy composition on the structure of Zr based metal alloys / B. S. Chao ... [et al.]. Hydrogen-fueled hybrid: pathway to a hydrogen economy / R. Geiss ... [et al.]. A hydrogen ICE vehicle powered by ovonic metal hydride storage / R. C. Young ... [et al.]. New science and technology, the basis of the hydrogen economy / S. R. Ovshinsky. Ovonic instant start fuel cells for UPS and emergency power applications / K. Fok ... [et al.] -- ch. VII. Superconductivity. Superconductivity at 155 K / S. R. Ovshinsky ... [et al.]. A structural chemical model for high Tc ceramic superconductors / S. R. Ovshinsky ... [et al.]. The origin of pairing in high-Tc superconductors / S. R. Ovshinsky. High quality epitaxial YBCO (F) films directly deposited on sapphire / R. T. Young ... [et al.]. A mechanism for high temperature superconductivity / S. R. Ovshinsky -- ch. VIII. Other topics of interest. Comment on 'Vacuum catastrophe: an elementary exposition of the cosmological constant problem' by Ronald J. Adler, Brendan Casey, and Ovid C. Jacob / S. R. Ovshinsky and H. Fritzsche. Mott's room / S. R. Ovshinsky. Creativity and intuition: a physicist looks at East and West by Hideki Yukawa / book review by S. R. Ovshinsky. A nation of fliers: German aviation and the popular imagination, by Peter Fritzsche / book review by S. R. Ovshinsky. The road to decarbonized energy: speeding towards a hydrogen economy - and the obstacles along the way / book review by S. R. Ovshinsky. Technology's tortoise and hare: the sociological dynamics are now right for the electric car to eclipse its rival / book review by S. R. Ovshinsky. Superconductivity in fluorinated copper oxide ceramics by S. R. Ovshinsky ... [et al.]. |