Condensed Matter & Materials Physics
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P-type Semiconductor
An extrinsic semiconductor in which trivalent acceptor impurities create an excess concentration of positive holes as majority charge…
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsPeltier Effect
The absorption or emission of heat at the junction of two dissimilar electrical conductors when an electric current flows across it.
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsPhonon
A quantized collective vibrational wave excitation traveling through the periodic atomic or molecular lattice of a solid.
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsPiezoelectric Effect
The generation of electric polarization charge in non-centrosymmetric crystals when subjected to mechanical stress (and vice versa).
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsPoisson's Ratio
The ratio of transverse lateral strain to axial longitudinal strain in a material subjected to uniaxial stress.
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsPolaron
A composite quasiparticle consisting of a conduction electron (or hole) bound together with its surrounding self-induced lattice…