SEMICONDUCTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does semiconducting mean? 

• SEMICONDUCTING (adjective)
  The adjective SEMICONDUCTING has 1 sense:

1. having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors

  Familiarity information: SEMICONDUCTING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEMICONDUCTING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors

Synonyms:

semiconducting; semiconductive

Similar:

conductive (having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound; exhibiting conductivity)

 Context examples 

Researchers have found that certain organic semiconducting materials can transport spin faster than they conduct charge.

(Certain organic semiconducting materials can transport spin faster than they conduct charge, University of Cambridge)

Lightweight semiconducting plastics are now widely used in mass market electronic displays such as those found in phones, tablets and flat-screen televisions.

(Plastic crystals hold key to record-breaking energy transport, Universities of Cambridge)

Carbon nanotubes can also be "doped," or modified with small amounts of other elements, giving them electrical properties that include fully insulating, semiconducting, and fully conducting.

(Carbon Nanotubes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Dr Xu-Hui Jin and colleagues at the University of Bristol developed a new way to make highly ordered crystalline semiconducting structures using polymers.

(Plastic crystals hold key to record-breaking energy transport, Universities of Cambridge)

The photo-excited states – when photons of light are absorbed by the semiconducting material – need to move so that they can be “harvested” before they lose their energy.

(Plastic crystals hold key to record-breaking energy transport, Universities of Cambridge)