A new study marks a significant step forward in positioning synthetic polymers as an alternative to expensive, unsustainable minerals used in the manufacture of devices such as conductors, transistors ...

University of Warwick and National Research Council of Canada scientists achieve record-breaking electrical conductivity in ...

The quest for materials capable of combining semiconductor properties with superconductivity represents a major challenge for ...

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Every smartphone, computer, and modern electronic device depends on a material you rarely hear about—but it’s everywhere: the semiconductor. In this video, you’ll discover what semiconductors are, how ...

A research group at the University of Würzburg, in partnership with researchers from the University of Montpellier and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, has recently created a topological ...

University of Houston researchers have made a discovery in thermal conductivity that overturns an existing theory that boron arsenide (BAs) couldn't compete with the heat conduction of a diamond.

In a collaborative study with the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Boston College, University of Houston researchers found the thermal conductivity of boron arsenide can compete with ...

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Semiconductors are crystalline materials where atoms arrange in regular, repeating patterns called crystal lattices. 1 Silicon, a commonly used semiconductor, forms a diamond cubic structure where ...

Thermal transport is a fundamental process that plays an essential role in a wide range of technologies, from advanced microelectronics and energy storage systems to materials engineered for extreme ...

Test tubes containing the new silicone copolymers, separated by chain length, from long to short provide visual evidence of the varying band gap in the new semiconductor silicone. Shining a UV light ...