A new study, published in Nature Nanotechnology and featured on the journal's front cover this month, has uncovered insights ...

Electricity can be easily converted into heat—every electric cooker does it. But is the opposite also possible? Can heat be ...

Extrinsic semiconductors (those that use dopant) ... Since it's a measure of energy, the band gap is expressed in electron volts, abbreviated eV. What Are Semiconductors Used For?

Using a unique material called indium selenide (In2Se3), researchers say they discovered a technique for lowering the energy requirements of phase-change memory (PCM) — a technology capable of ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) (Nasdaq: AOSL), a designer, developer, and global supplier of a broad range of discrete power devices, wide band gap ...

In this work, we explore the energy band of the well-aligned silicon (Si) nanopillars (NPs) embedded in $\\mathrm{S}\\mathrm{i}_{0.7}\\mathrm{G}\\mathrm{e}_{0.3}$ matrix fabricated by neutral beam ...

Extrinsic Semiconductors - When a small amount, say, a few parts per million (ppm), of a suitable impurity, ... Difference between energy bands of metals, semiconductors, and insulators.

The impact of P and Mn incorporation into GaAs layers on their electronic and band structures as well as magnetic and structural properties has been studied. A set of the homogenous (Ga,Mn)(P,As) ...