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Ovshinsky effect

American  
[ov-shin-skee, awv-] / ɒvˈʃɪn ski, ɔv- /

noun

  1. an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.

Etymology

Origin of Ovshinsky effect

First recorded in 1965–70; after Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922–2012), U.S. physicist

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The result, in 1961, was what is now known as “the Ovshinsky effect”—an almost instantaneous and reversible switching between resistive and conducting states.

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