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The 40 pages that link to Silicon, each with the reason it gives.

• SemiconductorBroader topic: Its stable oxide and mature processing make silicon the dominant device material.

• Band gapBroader topic: Its indirect gap shapes its weak light emission and dominance in electronic devices.

• Silicate mineralRelated: Its bonding with oxygen creates the structural units characteristic of these minerals.

• MineralRelated: Quartz and other silicate minerals are major sources of industrial silicon.

• Charge-coupled deviceRelated: Most CCD image sensors use silicon, where visible photons generate mobile electrons.

• Solar cellRelated: Its abundance, material properties, and mature processing made it the dominant solar-cell material.

• Silicon carbideRelated: Silicon supplies one of SiC’s two elements and provides a useful comparison for semiconductor behavior.

• BoronCompared with: Silicon shares metalloid character but has different bonding and material uses.

• Friedrich WöhlerRelated: Wöhler prepared crystalline silicon in 1854 through work on silicon compounds.

• Gallium arsenideCompared with: Silicon is cheaper and forms a strong native oxide, while GaAs offers higher electron mobility and direct-gap optics.

• Jöns Jacob BerzeliusBroader topic: His preparation helped distinguish elemental silicon from its compounds.

• MetalloidBroader topic: Silicon is the archetypal metalloid and the basis of most integrated circuits.

• Semiconductor fabricationRelated: Its controllable electrical behavior and mature processing make it the dominant wafer material.

• SiliconeCompared with: Silicone is a polymer containing silicon; elemental silicon is a different substance.

• Gallium nitrideCompared with: Silicon is cheaper and more mature, while GaN can switch faster and withstand stronger electric fields.

• GermaniumCompared with: Silicon displaced germanium in most electronics because it performs better at higher temperatures and forms a useful oxide.

• Organic semiconductorCompared with: Silicon provides a familiar benchmark for performance, stability, and manufacturing.

• Quantum efficiencyRelated: Its wavelength-dependent absorption and carrier collection constrain silicon detector efficiency.

• Semiconductor device fabricationRelated: Its crystalline wafers support mature, tightly controlled manufacturing processes.

• GalliumCompared with: Silicon is the mainstream alternative to gallium-based semiconductors, especially in digital integrated circuits.

• Pig ironRelated: Silicon content influences carbon's tendency to form graphite rather than cementite.

• Electron mobilityBroader topic: Its electron mobility helps set performance limits in silicon transistors.

• MEMSRelated: Its mechanical properties and mature processing make it a common MEMS substrate.

• Semiconductor deviceRelated: Its mature fabrication technology makes it the leading device material.

• Silicon waferNarrower topic: The wafer is a single-crystal form of this semiconductor.

• Very-large-scale integrationRelated: Most VLSI chips are fabricated in silicon wafers.

• NonmetalCompared with: Silicon's intermediate properties illustrate why metalloids are distinguished from nonmetals.

• Siliceous oozeNarrower topic: Its dissolved marine forms supply the material organisms use to build silica structures.

• Main-group elementBroader topic: Its semiconductor applications illustrate the technological reach of a p-block element.

• Silicon photonicsNarrower topic: Its mature semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem makes silicon a practical photonics platform.

• Carbon groupBroader topic: Its controlled conductivity made it the foundation of modern integrated circuits.

• Organosilicon chemistryNarrower topic: Its bonding capacity and size distinguish silicon chemistry from carbon chemistry.

• Period 3 elementBroader topic: Its metalloid character marks a transition between the row’s metals and nonmetals.

• Silicon nitrideRelated: Silicon atoms form the structural framework of silicon nitride.

• Silicon tetrachlorideNarrower topic: Silicon is the central atom whose chlorination creates SiCl₄.

• Elemental materialsBroader topic: Elemental silicon is the foundational semiconductor used in integrated circuits.

• History of the transistorCompared with: Its thermal and manufacturing advantages helped it displace germanium in most transistor production.

• Metallization pressureBroader topic: Its pressure-driven structural changes provide a well-studied route to metallic phases.

• MicromachineryRelated: Its processing compatibility with microelectronics made it a common substrate for miniature mechanical structures.

• Network solidBroader topic: This network crystal is the foundation of most semiconductor devices.