The intrinsic properties of semiconductor nanocrystals are profoundly influenced by their exposed facets, which dictate both their electronic and chemical behaviours. The orientation of these ...

Organic semiconductors have emerged as a promising alternative to their inorganic counterparts owing to their versatility, low-cost fabrication and tunable electronic characteristics. These ...

In the world of semiconductor nanodevices, where quantum effects and atomic positions dictate behavior, the demand for advanced characterization methods is on the rise, and spectroscopic techniques ...

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the world’s first functional semiconductor made from graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms held together by the strongest bonds known ...

Semiconductor nanoparticles typically consist of a crystalline core made from a semiconductor material, such as cadmium selenide (CdSe), cadmium sulfide (CdS), or indium phosphide (InP). The core is ...

Researchers have demonstrated that by using a semiconductor with flexible bonds, the material can be moulded into various structures using nano containers, without altering its composition, the ...

A research team led by Professor Hyukjun Kwon from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST; President Kunwoo Lee), has ...

The resulting material retains the handedness that makes chiral semiconductors promising building blocks for next-generation ...

Many modern electronic devices we use daily owe their existence to the process of semiconductor doping. Doped semiconductors are the result of careful modifications ...

In 1782, Alessandro Volta was the first to use the term "semiconducting" to describe the electrical properties of certain materials. In 1833, Michael Faraday observed that the resistance of silver ...

AZoM speaks to Empower Materials to find out the A-Z of QPAC polymer binders in semiconductor and AlN fabrication.