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Band-gap engineering: from physics and materials to new semiconductor devices.

F Capasso

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |January 9, 1987
    PubMed
    Summary

    Band-gap engineering enables precise control over semiconductor properties. This allows for the creation of novel electronic devices with tunable electron and hole transport characteristics.

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