Solid‐state physics has experienced a dramatic growth in the last four decades; whereas in the 1920's the term “solid‐state physics” was not yet in use, this is now the single most populated sub‐field of physics. Much of this growth has taken place in industry, so that today a small number of industrial laboratories are producing a substantial fraction of contributions in the field.

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Condensed matter physics, Industry, Laboratories
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