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The 116 pages that link to Semiconductor, each with the reason it gives.

• GermaniumNarrower topic: Germanium is an elemental semiconductor whose conductivity changes with temperature and doping.

• Quantum wellNarrower topic: Quantum wells are built from semiconductor layers with deliberately different electronic properties.

• ElectroluminescenceNarrower topic: Most practical electroluminescent devices rely on semiconductor electronic states.

• Solid-state physicsBroader topic: Semiconductors enable electronic components through controllable carrier populations.

• Effective massNarrower topic: Electron and hole effective masses help determine semiconductor transport and device response.

• ElectricityRelated: Semiconductors enable the switching and control at the heart of electronics.

• Electronic band structureBroader topic: Its valence and conduction bands make it useful for electronic switching.

• P-type semiconductorNarrower topic: P-type behavior is one way a semiconductor’s conductivity is controlled.

• PhysicsRelated: Quantum physics of semiconductors underlies transistors and modern electronic devices.

• Quantum confinementNarrower topic: Semiconductors provide the band structure and carriers commonly shaped by confinement.

• SeleniumNarrower topic: Selenium’s light-dependent electrical response is a semiconductor behavior.

• Solar energyNarrower topic: Semiconductors enable photovoltaic cells to separate and collect light-generated charge.

• Walter BrattainNarrower topic: Brattain’s transistor experiments depended on controlling charge flow at a semiconductor surface.

• Dark currentNarrower topic: Dark current in most solid-state image sensors originates in semiconductor devices.

• Depletion regionNarrower topic: Its controllable carrier population makes a depletion region possible.

• GalenaNarrower topic: Galena is a naturally occurring semiconductor with a history in radio detection.

• p orbitalRelated: In many semiconductors, p-derived states contribute to valence and bonding bands.

• Quantum theoryRelated: Quantum energy bands explain how semiconductor devices control electrical current.

• AntimonyNarrower topic: Antimony compounds and dopants are used in semiconductor materials and electronic devices.

• ElectronicsNarrower topic: Its controllable conductivity lets electronic devices regulate current.

• Jack KilbyNarrower topic: Kilby used semiconductor materials to make the components of his first integrated circuit.

• Metal (chemistry)Compared with: Semiconductors contrast with metals, whose conductivity usually falls as temperature rises.

• Nearly-free-electron modelBroader topic: Periodic-potential band gaps provide the basic framework for understanding semiconducting behavior.

• Schottky diodeNarrower topic: The semiconductor’s doping and band structure shape the diode’s barrier and current.

• Semiconductor heterostructureNarrower topic: Heterostructures combine semiconductor materials with different electronic properties.

• HeterojunctionNarrower topic: Heterojunctions join two members of this broad material class.

• Junction transistorNarrower topic: Junction transistors are devices made from semiconductor materials.

• Ohmic contactNarrower topic: The semiconductor side supplies the mobile carriers that cross the contact.

• Electron mobilityNarrower topic: Electron mobility is a central transport parameter in semiconductor devices.

• Felix BlochRelated: Band theory derived from Bloch’s work explains why semiconductor materials conduct selectively.

• Information and communications technologyBroader topic: Semiconductor components power the processors and communication hardware used in ICT.

• Semiconductor deviceNarrower topic: Its controllable conductivity is the material basis of semiconductor devices.

• Solid-state lightingNarrower topic: Semiconductor behavior enables electrically controlled light emission.

• Cadmium sulfideNarrower topic: CdS is one material in this broad class, with conductivity that responds to light.

• Copper(II) oxideNarrower topic: CuO's electronic properties place it among semiconductors.

• Electrical resistivity and conductivityCompared with: Semiconductors show how carrier density can tune conductivity.

• Copper(I) oxideNarrower topic: Cu₂O conducts through charge carriers in its electronic bands.

• TelluriumNarrower topic: Tellurium’s compounds exploit this tunable electrical behavior in electronic devices.

• Computer (electronic device)Narrower topic: Its controllable electrical behavior makes compact electronic switching practical.

• Crystal radioNarrower topic: Semiconductor behavior gives the crystal contact its one-way conduction.

• Georg OhmNarrower topic: Semiconductor devices often have nonlinear current-voltage behavior unlike simple ohmic conductors.

• Information AgeRelated: Semiconductors enabled compact, affordable computing devices.

• Lead(II) sulfideNarrower topic: PbS is a narrow-bandgap semiconductor with distinctive infrared response.

• Leo EsakiNarrower topic: Esaki observed tunneling in a semiconductor junction rather than a vacuum barrier.

• MicroelectronicsNarrower topic: Semiconductors provide the controllable electrical behavior on which most microelectronic devices depend.

• OptoelectronicsNarrower topic: Semiconductor behavior provides the charge control behind most electronic light sources and detectors.

• George E. SmithNarrower topic: Semiconductor behavior made charge storage and transfer in the CCD possible.

• Lead dioxideNarrower topic: Conductive lead dioxide behaves as a metallic or semiconducting oxide depending on form and conditions.

• Modern physicsRelated: Quantum theory of solids explains the electronic behavior used in modern devices.

• Silver sulfideNarrower topic: Silver sulfide's charge transport gives it semiconductor properties as well as distinctive ionic behavior.