Andreev reflection
noun
An·dre·ev reflection än-ˈdrā-əf- 
physics
: the reflection of electrons that occurs at a border between a semiconductor and a superconductor
Rather what may mediate the superconductivity are multiple Andreev reflections, a phenomenon the existence of which Aleksander F. Andreev of the Institute for Physical Problems in Moscow proposed in 1964.
Philip Yam, Scientific American, February 1994
Philip Yam, Scientific American, February 1994called also Andreev scattering
Word History
Etymology
after Aleksandr Fëdorovich Andreev born 1939 Russian physicist
First Known Use
1985, in the meaning defined above