Important material properties can be explained at the level of quantum physics - for example, whether a material conducts electricity or not. Analysing such quantum states has now revealed that there ...

It is a basic principle of quantum theory ... where not just certain energy values are permitted, but entire energy ranges—we call them energy bands." Both the energy and the momentum (or ...

"This perspective was further explored in our recent work on future transistors, where we collaborated with leading experts from the semiconductor ... accounting for energy-band non-parabolicity ...

"Our research group was among the early contributors to emphasize the importance of a multi-gate architecture for achieving realistic sub-10 nm FETs, even with atomically-thin channels based on 2D ...

LEDs are another semiconductor application that relies on the band gap, but for LEDs the band gap plays a role both functional and aesthetic. When a particle or material absorbs energy ...

Rising demand for semiconductor chips driven by AI fuels investor interest in tech sector exposure. Policy shifts may favor traditional energy stocks while challenging alternative energy investments.

These materials possess band gaps that are well-suited for solar energy conversion, with absorption coefficients that exceed those of traditional high-performance semiconductors. This discovery ...

It has remained largely unexplored until recently because generating and detecting radiation in this frequency band ... types of semiconductor lasers or LEDs that exploit a direct energy gap ...

Onsemi, a semiconductor manufacturer, is strategically positioned in high-growth sectors such as automotive, industrial automation, and clean energy. The company's key revenue streams include ...

"Unlike other forms of wave localization, such as those occurring at engineered lattice defects or topological interfaces, the energy localization in flat bands is not confined to a specific point ...

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science has successfully developed a high-quality compound semiconductor material for ultra-sensitive short-wave infrared (SWIR) sensors. The study is ...