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doping

doping

1 6.5
Adding small amounts of other elements to a material to change its electrical properties
  • noun
  • /ˈdoʊpɪŋ/
  • Specialized
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  • By varying the density of the doping impurities, one can design the silicon to range from a poor conductor of electricity to a near-metallic conductor.

And you do that via a process called doping.

Examples

  • In semiconductor physics, doping is used to alter the electrical properties of materials like silicon.

  • So let's look at how doping works in silicon.

  • So I can change the doping and change that Fermi level.

  • As mentioned earlier, doping with more lanthanum ions will bring more oxygen vacancies.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Doping would, of course, hugely decrease the conductivity.

    Blog text (1)

  • Doping generally refers to the process of implanting impurities into semiconductors in order to introduce excess charge carriers.

    Blog text (1)

  • The process of doping involves adding impurities to enhance the conductivity of the semiconductor.

  • Researchers are studying how different elements used in doping can affect the efficiency of solar cells.

Compounds

anti-doping
  • Specialized
3.8

A set of rules and tests that find and stop athletes using banned drugs

Surface Forms

doping singular
dopings plural

Morphology

doping = dope (semi-transparent) = dope + ing

Formally transparent as 'dope' + '-ing', but the semiconductor meaning of 'dope' is specialized and not obvious to general learners.

Etymology

Doping comes from dope, an old word for a 'thick liquid' and later for a 'drug' or small additive. In electronics it means adding a tiny amount of another element to change how a material behaves, so think of it as adding a drop that changes the whole substance.