Dependable information from the Chemical Enquiries Help Desk in 48 hours.  Each month library staff select one of the many enquiries received and highlight selected resources, including the Virtual Library, that provide relevant answers.  

The enquiry this month 

• I am being transferred to the semiconductors division our corporation and need to fill in any gaps in my knowledge of this technology.           

The RSC Virtual Library has resources which extensively cover the topic, and could provide you with everything you need to know. 

From full text e-books collections:

Knovel: 

Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary  provides definition and over sixty entries for substances that have semiconductor applications e.g. silicon 

Fundamentals of Semiconductors - Physics and Materials Properties sections include Electrical Transport 

Handbook of Semiconductor Silicon Technology sections include Silicon Material Properties and Silicon Phase Diagrams

Springer: 

Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Silicate Nanoparticles  sections include Controlled Synthesis of High Quality Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Wide Bandgap Semiconductors  sections include Novel Nano-Heterostructure Materials and Related Devices

From full text e-journals collections:

Springer:

White-light-emitting diodes using semiconductor nanocrystals 
Microchimica Acta, Volume 160, Number 3 / March, 2008

Appearance of polar optical modes in raman scattering in semiconductor nanocrystals 
Journal of Surface Investigation: X-ray, Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques, Volume 2, Number 1 / February, 2008  

Shape effect of diamagnetic susceptibility of a hydrogenic donor in a nano structured semiconductor systems 
Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, Volume 44, Number 3 / October, 2008

Business Source Corporate from EBSCO contains valuable full text items such as:

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment Industry Profiles  covering national, global, European, Asia-Pacific regions - the Global one includes market value, competitive landscape and leading companies including Texas Instruments Incorporated

Datamonitor company profile dated July 2008  for Texas Instruments Incorporated - sections include major products and services, top competitors and revenue analysis

As part of the services of the Chemical Enquiries Help Desk we can supplement the information above with references retrieved from Chemical Abstracts, Scopus, Web of Science.

Members can carry out their own high quality research from the Virtual Library simply by logging in to a resource with their membership number and password.