Pietrino Manca (1927[1] – 25 January 2001[1]) was an Italian physicist. He studied chemistry at the University of Cagliari under Aldo Iandelli, and graduated in 1951. He later became a professor of the science of materials at the university, and head of its department of physics. He wrote a paper in 1961 describing the relation between gap energy and mean bond energy in semiconductors, later called "Manca's relation".[1][2][3] He was nominated for a Nobel Prize in 1987.[4] He died in Cagliari on 25 January 2001.[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b c d Franco Meloni (2001). Ricordo di Pietrino Manca (in Italian). Il Nuovo Saggiatore. page 18. Accessed January 2016.
- ^ Sapoval, B.; Hermann, C. (17 October 2003). Physics of Semiconductors. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780387406305 – via Google Books.
- ^ Manca, P. (1961). "A relation between the binding energy and the band-gap energy in semiconductors of diamond or zinc-blende structure". Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 20 (3–4): 268–273. Bibcode:1961JPCS...20..268M. doi:10.1016/0022-3697(61)90013-0.
- ^ Pietro Zannoni (6 February 2001). Pietrino Manca: Calangianus ricorda il suo grande scienziato (in Italian). La Nuova Sardegna. Accessed January 2016.