Scientists are striving to discover new semiconductor materials that could boost the efficiency of solar cells and other ...

The distinctive properties that exist at the subatomic scale usually disappear at macroscopic scales, ... in a semiconductor material. Semiconductors—which are ubiquitous across computers, ...

Next-gen transparent semiconductor material could make electronics efficient, ... stated that they demonstrated the material’s properties to be nearly unbelievable for electronic applications.

Superb semiconductor keeps its cool Measurements reveal cubic boron arsenide has electrical and thermal properties that are better than silicon’s—but it’s still very difficult to make the ...

Ferroelectric semiconductors represent a unique class of materials that combine the spontaneous and reversible electrical polarisation of ferroelectrics with the charge transport capabilities of ...

The electronic properties of semiconductors and crystalline materials are central to modern technology, underpinning advances in energy conversion, computing, and sensor applications. An intricate ...

Most semiconductor materials are rigid and water-repelling, which aren’t ideal qualities for interacting with soft, wet biological tissues. Sihong Wang and his group at the University of Chicago ...

Ferromagnetic semiconductors, which combine semiconductor and magnetic properties, are key to developing spin-based devices. Previously studied materials, such as (Ga,Mn)As, have Curie ...

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and collaborators have succeeded in creating a “superlattice” of semiconductor quantum dots that can behave like a metal ...

Scientists studying a promising quantum material have stumbled upon a surprise: within its crystal structure, the material naturally forms one of the world's thinnest semiconductor junctions—a ...

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The team examined quasiparticles known as excitons, which have unique optical properties and can carry energy without an electrical charge, in a semiconductor material. Semiconductors — which ...