Solid-State Physics
Solid state physics is the study of the physical properties of solid materials. In popular culture the term solid state has become synonymous with semiconductors and other similar technology. This is an important area of solid state physics, but by no means the only area. Because solid state physics studies the electromagnetic forces at work in … Keep Reading → solid materials it is used to evaluate issues such as thermal and optical properties which have applicability in so many areas. Solid state physics as an area of study is only about 100 years old. In 1912, X-ray diffraction was discovered by Max von Laue, and this is considered the beginning of solid state physics. The next significant development was when Bell Laboratories invented the transistor. This was the beginning of the type of technological applications that solid state physics would become most associated with.
