In the study published in Nature Physics, researchers from Northeastern University and Brown University describe how they ...

Conductors have a band gap close to 0 eV (electronvolts), semiconductors range approximately between 1 and 9 eV, and anything above is usually considered an insulator.

A rule-breaking, colorful silicone that could conduct electricity. Previously only thought to be insulating, a shift in the ...

Solids can be categorised into conductors, semiconductors or insulators by their ability to conduct electricity. Electron band theory explains differences in conduction. Semiconductors can be ...

Researchers have discovered a material that can switch between an insulator and a conductor freely, even at room temperature. The material, a compound of manganese and sulfide (MnS2), starts off ...

Semiconductors are unique because their band gap lies somewhere between that of an insulator and a conductor. As a result, semiconducting materials can function ordinarily as insulators, but then ...

So the next time someone asks you WTF a semiconductor is, you now have the answer. Semiconductors power up our tech-driven world, and without them we’d be in a dark, analog era.

On the periodic table, semiconductors (also known as metalloids) crop up along a diagonal line between conductors and insulators. Noble gases such as helium and neon are poor conductors of ...