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51electronics — /i lek tron iks, ee lek /, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science dealing with the development and application of devices and systems involving the flow of electrons in a vacuum, in gaseous media, and in semiconductors. [1905 10; see ELECTRONIC,… …
52Dislocation — For the syntactic operation, see Dislocation (syntax). For the medical term, see Joint dislocation. In materials science, a dislocation is a crystallographic defect, or irregularity, within a crystal structure. The presence of dislocations… …
53Martin Schadt — (1938), PhD, is a Swiss physicist and inventor. Contents 1 Biography 2 Achievements 3 Awards 4 Publications and P …
54Solar cell — A solar cell made from a monocrystalline silicon wafer …
55X-ray fluorescence — (XRF) is the emission of characteristic secondary (or fluorescent) X rays from a material that has been excited by bombarding with high energy X rays or gamma rays. The phenomenon is widely used for elemental analysis and chemical analysis,… …
56Diffraction topography — (short: topography ) is an X ray imaging technique based on Bragg diffraction. Diffraction topographic images ( topographs ) record the intensity profile of a beam of X rays (or, sometimes, neutrons) diffracted by a crystal. A topograph thus… …
57Light-emitting diode — LED redirects here. For other uses, see LED (disambiguation). Light emitting diode Red, pure green and blue LEDs of the 5mm diffused type Type Passive, optoelectronic Working principle Electr …
58Diamond simulant — Due to its low cost and close visual likeness to diamond, cubic zirconia has remained the most gemologically and economically important diamond simulant since 1976. The high price of gem grade diamonds, as well as significant ethical concerns of… …
59Polycrystalline silicon — Polycrystalline silicon, also called polysilicon, is a material consisting of small silicon crystals. It differs from single crystal silicon, used for electronics and solar cells, and from amorphous silicon, used for thin film devices and solar… …
60Crystalline silicon — is a material consisting of one or more small silicon crystals. Polycrystalline silicon Polycrystalline silicon (or polysilicon, poly Si, or simply poly in context) is a material consisting of multiple small silicon crystals.Polycrystalline… …
