conduction band

collocation in English

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conduction
noun[U]
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/kənˈdʌk.ʃən/us
/kənˈdʌk.ʃən/
the process by which heat or electricity goes through ...
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band
noun
uk
/bænd/us
/bænd/
a group of musicians who play modern ...
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(Definition ofconductionandbandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These states are close to theconductionbandedge and therefore act as donors.
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Above-bandgap light is used throughout the experiment to ensure that there are lots of electrons in theconductionband.
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We have discretized theconductionbandenergy into constant steps.
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Theconductionbandhas now been logarithmically discretized.
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From theconductionbandthey may recombine with holes trapped in hole traps.
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Electrons can gain enough energy to jump to theconductionbandby absorbing either a phonon (heat) or a photon (light).
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The empty row is analogous to theconductionband, and the person walking out is analogous to a free electron.
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Additionally, the effective mass of holes in the valence band is changed to more closely match that of electrons in theconductionband.
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It has been shown that the driving force for charge transfer between conduction bands in these structures is theconductionbandoffset.
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Including and, this kind of semiconducting titanates, theconductionbandhas mainly titanium 3d character and the valence band oxygen 2p character.
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These electrons will diffuse to the adjacent narrow band materialsconductionbanddue to the availability of states with lower energy.
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The position of theconductionbandminima versus maxima in the band structure determine whether a bandgap is direct or indirect.
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The holes associated with electrons in theconductionbandare independent from the latter.
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In semiconductor optics, one typically excites transitions between a valence and aconductionband.
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This third band is at a higher energy than the normalconductionbandand is empty until energy is supplied to promote electrons to it.
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These electrons enter theconductionbandof the crystal and become trapped in the bromine ion empty lattice of the crystal.
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The band diagram typically indicates the variation in the valence band andconductionbandedges versus some spatial dimension, often denoted "x".
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In other words, donor impurities create states near theconductionbandwhile acceptors create states near the valence band.
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The ionizing radiation produces electron-hole pairs - electrons are in theconductionbandand holes in the valence band.
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In a copper atom, the outermost 4s energy zone, orconductionband, is only half filled, so many electrons are able to carry electric current.
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