By contrast, conductors have a band gap that is narrow to nonexistent. Semiconductors are sometimes considered to be insulators with narrow band gaps. For a visual explanation of N-type versus P ...

Important material properties can be explained at the level of quantum physics - for example, whether a material conducts electricity or not. Analysing such quantum states has now revealed that there ...

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science has successfully developed a high-quality compound semiconductor ...

Topological insulators (TIs) are among the hottest topics in condensed matter physics today. They’re a bit strange: their surfaces conduct electricity, yet their interiors do not, instead acting as ...

This industry application has become more difficult in recent years due to regulatory and market pressure to increase ...

The work by researchers in the Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies could lead to energy-efficient microelectronics ...

NAGOYA, Japan -- Japan's NGK Insulators will make more components for chipmaking equipment in the U.S., seeing an opportunity to build up its semiconductor-related business. NGK subsidiary FM ...