Converse of object

• hydrogenate: Why does light create fewer electrical defects in some forms of hydrogenated amorphous silicon ( a-Si:H ) than others?

• dope: I doped silicon with several different group I and II impurities and measured their influence on the electrical and optical properties.

• base: The concept removes the need for a custom made ear mold by utilizing a flexible silicon based smart seal within the ear canal.

• contain: This suggests substituting alloys containing more silicon that the eutectic.

Adjective modifier

• amorphous: Behind the Solo is an amorphous silicon solar panel.

• crystalline: Amorphous silicon, a solid in which atoms are arranged in a non- periodic jumble, rivals crystalline silicon for photovoltaic applications.

• strained: My work is a novel study into the effects of incorporating antimony into strained silicon.

• porous: The indentation effect might even be at work in the way porous silicon ( with a myriad of nanoscopic filaments ) emits light.

• pure: Pure silicon, another element in Group 4, has a similar structure.

Modifies a noun

• carbide: Due to its high melting point, silicon carbide can only be processed in powder form.

• wafer: The silicon wafer is then subjected to deep reactive ion etching to release the rotor.

• nitride: Figure 4 shows an optical image of a silicon nitride block which has been damaged on the right side.

• micromachining: The construction of components, on the micron scale, is by silicon micromachining, electro deposition and thin film metal and dielectric deposition.

• dioxide: The structure of silicon dioxide Silicon doesn't double bond with oxygen.

• substrate: These alpha particles were caused by the decay of thorium, a trace element in the silicon substrate.

Noun used with modifier

• multicrystalline: Alternatively, ribbons of silicon can be pulled from a melt of silicon to produce thin sheets of multicrystalline silicon.

• polycrystalline: Alternatively a block of polycrystalline silicon is sliced to produce the size of wafer required.

• aluminum: The finest pore metal foams can be made using silica micro balloons 100 or 30 microns across in aluminum silicon alloys.

• crystal: High-power module ( 80W ) using 125mm square multi - crystal silicon solar cells with 12.6 % module conversion efficiency.

• %: The infill material was an aluminum silicon alloy, of around eutectic composition, ie approximately 12 % silicon.