By depositing a suitable liquid-crystal material, a reflective layer and a cover glass onto each silicon wafer, a reflective ... the cost of large LCDs made from thin-film transistors (TFT LCDs ...

Of course, the chip isn't built of wood and bricks and porcelain, it's made out of a semiconductor crystal. The chip starts out as a thin wafer ... are made on a single silicon wafer at once.

which is commonly used for the production of monocrystalline or single-crystal silicon wafers for photovoltaic or semiconductor applications. “During CZ growth, part of dissolved oxygen ...

A new way to make ultra-thin diamond wafers using sticky tape could help produce diamond-based electronics, which might one day be a useful alternative to silicon-based designs. Diamond has ...

A Spanish-Finnish research team has fabricated an IBC solar cell with an ultrathin black silicon wafer with a thickness ... to develop ultra-thin substrates for applications in interdigitated ...