silicon dioxide
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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
For this, the team used individual silicon dioxide particles, known as silica, and grafted chain-like polymer molecules as a sort of shell.
From Science Daily • Sep. 25, 2023
With his Sco drill he might have pierced that silicon dioxide armor till he reached the creature's gritty flesh.
From The Planetoid of Peril by Ernst, Paul
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