Everything about General Electric

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: General ElectricA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: A DFT study of electronic, optical and thermoelectric properties of Ge-halide perovskites CsGeX3 (X=F, Cl and Br)Influential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: How to Stop Worrying and Start LivingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Giant Magnetocaloric Effect in Gd 5 ( Si 2 Ge 2 )Cited 4,135 times
5. Go sideways: GE PowerA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Timeline of General ElectricA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Giant Magnetocaloric Effect in Gd 5 ( Si 2 Ge 2 )

  V. K. Pecharsky, K. A. Gschneidner, Jr. · 1997 · Physical Review Letters · 4,135 citations

• Dielectric functions and optical parameters of Si, Ge, GaP, GaAs, GaSb, InP, InAs, and InSb from 1.5 to 6.0 eV

  D. E. Aspnes, A. A. Studna · 1983 · Physical Review B · 3,755 citations

• Optical properties and electronic structure of amorphous Ge and Si

  J. Tauc · 1968 · Materials Research Bulletin · 3,497 citations

• Quantentheoretische Beitr�ge zum Benzolproblem

  Erich H�ckel · 1931 · Zeitschrift f�r Physik · 1,940 citations

• Dislocation-free Stranski-Krastanow growth of Ge on Si(100)

  D. J. Eaglesham, M. Cerullo · 1990 · Physical Review Letters · 1,860 citations

• Multiband multislice GE‐EPI at 7 tesla, with 16‐fold acceleration using partial parallel imaging with application to high spatial and temporal whole‐brain fMRI

  Steen Moeller, Essa Yacoub, Cheryl A. Olman · 2010 · Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 1,672 citations

• Calculation of critical layer thickness versus lattice mismatch for GexSi1−x/Si strained-layer heterostructures

  R. People, J. C. Bean · 1985 · Applied Physics Letters · 1,650 citations

• High-performance Ge-on-Si photodetectors

  Jurgen Michel, Jifeng Liu, Lionel C. Kimerling · 2010 · Nature Photonics · 1,520 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• A DFT study of electronic, optical and thermoelectric properties of Ge-halide perovskites CsGeX3 (X=F, Cl and Br)

  Soukaina Bouhmaidi, Adil Marjaoui, Abdelali Talbi · 2022 · Computational Condensed Matter · 181 citations

• Investigation of the Structural, Elastic, Electronic, and Optical Properties of Half-Heusler CaMgZ (Z = C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb) Compounds

  A. Saim, F. Belkharroubi, F. Z. Boufadi · 2022 · Journal of Electronic Materials · 154 citations

• A self-regenerating Pt/Ge-MFI zeolite for propane dehydrogenation with high endurance

  Huizhen Hong, Zhikang Xu, Bingbao Mei · 2025 · Science · 139 citations

• Ge Bidirectional Diffusion to Simultaneously Engineer Back Interface and Bulk Defects in the Absorber for Efficient CZTSSe Solar Cells

  Jinlin Wang, Jiazheng Zhou, Xiao Xu · 2022 · Advanced Materials · 139 citations

• Structural, elastic and optoelectronic properties of inorganic cubic FrBX 3 (B = Ge, Sn; X = Cl, Br, I) perovskite: the density functional theory approach

  Nazmul Hasan, Md Arifuzzaman, Alamgir Kabir · 2022 · RSC Advances · 138 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• How to Stop Worrying and Start LivingDale Carnegie, Kaneiji Dale · 1936
• The descent of manCharles Darwin · 1871
• Environmental scienceG. Tyler Miller, Scott Spoolman · 1986
• Eye of the BeholderJayne Ann Krentz · 1999
• Plant biochemistryHans-Walter Heldt · 2004
• Principles of Plant Genetics and BreedingGeorge Acquaah · 2006
• The Environmental CaseJudith A. Layzer · 2002
• The genetics of microbesBrian W. Bainbridge · 1980

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