A novel method for producing conductors, semiconductors and electronic insulators uses vibrational energy to 'split' and 'peel off' molecular-thin layers of material.
NextBigFuture: Insulator Becomes Conducting Semiconductor And Could Make Superelastic Silicone Solar Panels
Combining a topological insulator with a superconductor could enable the design of advanced materials with broad potential application in semiconductor electronics and computing, including novel ...
Solids can be categorised into conductors, semiconductors or insulators by their ability to conduct electricity. Electron band theory explains differences in conduction. Semiconductors can be doped ...
New Atlas: Puzzling material acts as conductor and insulator at the same time
University of Cambridge researchers have discovered that a material already known for its peculiar electrical properties appears to behave as both a conductor and an insulator at the same time. This ...
New Atlas: Weird compound jumps from conductor to insulator and back under pressure
The word semiconductor is comprised of two words, semi (not complete) and conductor (something that can conduct electricity). Electricity is present everywhere, like in home appliances where current ...
Phys.org: Normally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic conductor when subjected to large strain in a new theoretical model
Long known as the hardest of all natural materials, diamonds are also exceptional thermal conductors and electrical insulators. Now, researchers have discovered a way to tweak tiny needles of diamond ...
Normally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic conductor when subjected to large strain in a new theoretical model
Some materials that are inherently disordered display unusual conductivity, sometimes behaving like insulators and sometimes like conductors. Physicists have now analyzed the conductivity in a special ...