Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1916, a self-taught chemist and metallurgist, Jan Czochralski discovered a method of isolating single silicon crystals, a ...

Czochralski growth, also called the Czochralski method or technique, is a method for growing high-quality single crystals of various materials. It finds wide application in the semiconductor industry, ...

A slender thread of memory connects a Texas Hill Country man to a discovery that transformed modern technology. In 1916, Fred Schmidt's grandfather, Jan Czochralski (1885-1953), a largely self-taught ...