Armando Dias Tavares, Brazilian physicist (Rio de Janeiro 27 February 1917 – Rio de Janeiro 26 February 1988)

Gave an electronic interpretation for thermodielectric effect suggesting a quantum theory  such as semiconductor conductivity theory

Developed a method for experimental study of thermodielectric effect

New method for the determination of space charge in dielectrics. J. Chem. Phys. 59(4):2154-5, 1973

A theorem on a real function of a real variable. Rev. Cient. 1(1):91-11, 47, 1951

Imagined a spherical kind of Geiger counter 

SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Costa Ribeiro effect and allied phenomena. J. Molec. Liquids 39:171-94, 1988

Experimental proof of the existence of the double space charge developed in dielectrics by the Costa Ribeiro effect. Phys. Status Solidi 21(2):717-24, 1974

Resistivity measurements in organic semiconductors. Physica Status Solidi 15(2):559-64, 1973

Contribuição ao estudo do efeito Costa Ribeiro. Thesis, Universidade do Brasil (1961)

Crescimento de cristais. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 30(4), 1958

Cargas espaciais residuais em eletretos naturais. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 30(4): 1958

Um efeito fotoelétrico em cristais de naftaleno. Thesis, Universidade do Distrito Federal (1955)

Further quantitative experiments on the Costa Ribeiro effect. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 25(4), 1953

On a possible explanation of the Costa Ribeiro effect. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 25(1), 1953

Some consequences of “an electronic explanation of the Costa Ribeiro effect”. Rev. Cientifica 4(1-2):75-9, 1953

The thermodielectric constant of water. Rev. Cientifica 3(12):39-41, 1952