Scientists have created a new type of material that could enable common electronic devices to work faster and use less energy ...

A semiconductor is a material or device that only conducts electricity under certain conditions. Some elements in the periodic table, such as carbon, silicon, and germanium, are intrinsic ...

This video explains how semiconductors work and how their electrical properties are controlled through energy band gaps and doping. Semiconductors are materials with conductivity between conductors ...

Yiran Chen develops brain-inspired semiconductor hardware to enable faster, greener AI at the edge.

Semiconductors or integrated circuits are microelectronic devices made mostly of silicon or germanium. These chips, though tiny, comprise thousands of different components that work together to ...

From solar panels on our roofs to the new OLED TV screens, many everyday electronic devices simply wouldn't work without the interaction between light and the materials that make up semiconductors. A ...

The work of Ganesh Babu Chandrasekaran can serve as an interesting example of the role of in-depth manufacturing knowledge in ...

In this interview, we met with Oluwaseyi Ayinde, a PhD semiconductor researcher at the University of Arkansas. Ayinde works at the intersection of materials science and electronics, focusing on the ...

A pioneering Scottish company has become a global leader in manufacturing silicon carbide devices, but its success can be traced back to the nation’s high-tech boom in the 1960s ...