English schoolboy turned the world of transistors – BBC Russian

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Image caption This type transistors can accelerate the creation of flexible electronic devices

Thomas Burridge, student from Surrey, was the author of the discovery, which could lead to the creation of fundamentally new types of displays, sensors, and even clothing.

His scientific work carried out during the summer practice, can play an important role in the future development of flexible electronic devices.

This is a field effect transistor of MIS, which are lighter and more economical than traditional ones. They are used in systems that control the brightness and color in the screens of electronic devices.

The field of MOS transistors have long been known, but the scope of their use has been limited because it was thought that these transistors have a serious drawback: they can easily overheat and to be so unreliable in chips.

However, the results of a study published by Thomas and his supervisor in the journal Scientific Reports, show that these defects are quite easy to handle.

18- year-old Thomas Burridge was an intern at the University of Surrey last summer with the help of the charity program SATRO.

Thomas was able to simulate on the computer the behavior of transistors in different modes and found that a simple change in their geometry allows you to fully solve the problem of self-heating.

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Image caption FET Schottky used for a long time

“When you put in front of a student task, you will never tell him that this issue no one has previously studied. They do not realize that addressing the problems at the forefront of science, and thus achieve remarkable results, “- said Dr. Radu Sporea who was scientific director Burridge.

According to Dr. Sporea, the possibility of such transistors are endless, since they can be printed like paper, and they are very cheap cost.

“I wanted to understand what scientific research. All it took less than a month. It’s amazing how much you can learn in a short time. First, I doubt that I will be able to discover something new, but then things got easier, “- says Thomas.

This year, Thomas Burridge is about to start studying at the Faculty of Engineering at Cambridge University.