silicon dioxide
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The pair studied ways to replace silicon dioxide, the dominant gate material at the time, which leaked too much current when devices became very small.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026
Initially, the silicon wafer, which was topped by a thick layer of silicon dioxide, seemed to prevent diamond growth.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2024
Yet the silicon-based equivalent is silicon dioxide, which is basically little more than sand, Shostak explained, listing quartz as an example.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2023
For instance, a popular semiconducting 2D material known as molybdenum disulfide will stick to gold, a metal, but won't directly transfer to insulators like silicon dioxide by just coming into physical contact with that surface.
From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2023
When fused with potassium hydroxide it forms potassium stannate, acting very much like silicon dioxide: SnO2 + 2KOH = K2SnO3 + H2O.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
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