semicondutor

Also known as semiconductor material, semiconductors

A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity between that of a conductor and an insulator. Its conductivity can be modified by adding impurities ("doping") to its crystal structure. When two regions with different doping levels are present in the same crystal, they form a semiconductor junction. However the term "semiconductors" is sometimes used to refer to semiconductor devices such as microchips and computer processors, which work using the physical properties of semiconductors.

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A semiconductor is a material whose ability to conduct electricity can be controlled by adding impurities to it, making it useful for creating electronic devices. Semiconductors matter because they form the foundation of modern electronics—including microchips and computer processors—by enabling precise control over electrical flow in ways that pure conductors and insulators cannot.

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Research

88,186 papers

Semiconductor-mediated radiosensitizers: progress, challenges and perspectives.Materials horizons · 2025Wang Y, Yang B, Liu S et al.DOI: 10.1039/d4mh01703j
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Semiconductor Work and the Risk of Spontaneous Abortion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Kim K, Sung HK, Lee K et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16234626
Room-Temperature Semiconductor Gas Sensors: Challenges and Opportunities.ReviewACS sensors · 2022Tang Y, Zhao Y, Liu HDOI: 10.1021/acssensors.2c01142
Semiconductor nanocrystals for biological imaging.ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology · 2005Fu A, Gu W, Larabell C et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2005.08.004
Metal-insulator-semiconductor photodetectors.ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2010Lin CH, Liu CWDOI: 10.3390/s101008797
Semiconductor detector systems.ReviewSeminars in nuclear medicine · 1973Ter-Pogossian MM, Phelps MEDOI: 10.1016/s0001-2998(73)80027-3
Recent Progress on Semiconductor-Interface Facing Clinical Biosensing.ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Zhang M, Adkins M, Wang ZDOI: 10.3390/s21103467

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Part of: semiconductor memory
Has part: n-type semiconductor
Image: Capteurs CCD et CMOS.jpg

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Commons category: Semiconductors
topic's main category: Category:Semiconductors
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
practiced by: semiconductor industry

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Os semicondutores são sólidos geralmente cristalinos de condutividade elétrica variável, podendo transitar com certa facilidade entre os estados de condutores e isolantes elétricos em função de parâmetros ambientais. São intrisecamente isolantes quando em temperaturas baixas, e transitam ao estado de condutor em temperaturas elevadas. Condutores extrínsecos (com dopagem) são condutores quando neutros e têm a transição condutor isolante controlada pelo estado de eletrização em que se encontram, sendo por tal o pilar da eletrônica moderna (eletrônica de estado sólido).

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