Editing Solid-state chemistry (section)

==History==
[[File:12-inch_silicon_wafer.jpg|thumb|[[Silicon wafer]] for use in electronic devices]]
Because of its direct relevance to products of commerce, solid state inorganic chemistry has been strongly driven by technology. Progress in the field has often been fueled by the demands of industry, sometimes in collaboration with academia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kanatzidis|first=Mercouri G.|date=2018|title=Report from the third workshop on future directions of solid-state chemistry: The status of solid-state chemistry and its impact in the physical sciences|doi=10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2007.02.002|journal=Progress in Solid State Chemistry|volume=36|issue=1–2|pages=1–133|via=Elsevier Science Direct}}</ref> Applications discovered in the 20th century include [[zeolite]] and [[platinum]]-based catalysts for petroleum processing in the 1950s, high-purity silicon as a core component of microelectronic devices in the 1960s, and “high temperature” superconductivity in the 1980s. The invention of [[X-ray crystallography]] in the early 1900s by [[William Lawrence Bragg]] was an enabling innovation. Our understanding of how reactions proceed at the atomic level in the solid state was advanced considerably by [[Carl Wagner]]'s work on oxidation rate theory, counter diffusion of ions, and defect chemistry. Because of his contributions, he has sometimes been referred to as the ''father of solid state chemistry''.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Martin|first=Manfred|date=December 2002|title=Life and achievements of Carl Wagner, 100th birthday|journal=Solid State Ionics|volume=152-153|pages=15–17|doi=10.1016/S0167-2738(02)00318-1|doi-access=free}}</ref>