Silicon is the best-known semiconductor material. However, controlled nanostructuring drastically alters the material's properties. Using a specially developed etching apparatus, a team has ...

Flash-freezing reveals how cooling speed shapes silicon crystal layers, offering insights into defect-free growth for ...

Silicon’s performance as a semiconductor, however, leaves much to be desired. The issues with the material are twofold. The first concerns the mobility of its “holes”, which are regions of positive ...

Feb 25, 2025 Mesoporous silicon: Semiconductor with new talents Using a specially developed etching apparatus, researchers produced mesoporous silicon layers with countless tiny pores and investigated ...