Proper noun
Brattain (plural Brattains)
A surname.
Brattain reported: "Using this double point contact, contact was made to a germanium surface that had been anodized to 90 volts, electrolyte washed off in H2O and then had some gold spots evaporated on it. Source: Internet
By June 1948, witnessing currents flowing through point-contacts, Mataré produced consistent results using samples of germanium produced by Welker, similar to what Bardeen and Brattain had accomplished earlier in December 1947. Source: Internet
Carefully restricted internal conferences within Bell Labs shared information about the work of Brattain, Bardeen, Shockley and others who were engaged in related research. Source: Internet
Improvements in transistor design Shockley was upset about the device being credited to Brattain and Bardeen, who he felt had built it "behind his back" to take the glory. Source: Internet
He ordered Brattain and Bardeen to find out why it wouldn't. Source: Internet
Brattain started experiments to study the surface states through observations made while shining a bright light on the semiconductor's surface. Source: Internet