After the war, from the 1950s to the early 1970s, germanium's development as a semiconductor in transistors paved the way for its use in solid-state electronics, until it was replaced by its more ...

U.S. semiconductor organizations and companies say the U.S. Trade Commission must look beyond tariffs, and also embrace ...

Recent research has focused on optimizing the structure and composition of germanium-based nanocrystals and quantum dots to improve their efficiency and functionality in semiconductor applications.

Germanium, meanwhile ... s exceptional light-scattering properties make it useful for infrared lenses, semiconductor chips, and high-efficiency solar cells used by satellites.

The Pentagon plans to award contracts to North American companies by year-end to recover gallium, a critical mineral used in ...

Germanium. It might sound like just another periodic table entry (number 32, to be exact), but in the world of infrared light, it’s anything but ordinary. A recent video by [The Action Lab ...