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Band Gap

Band Gap is the energy difference between the highest occupied electronic state in the valence band and the lowest unoccupied state in the conduction band in a solid material, determining its electrical conductivity properties.

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<i>Colloquium</i>: Topological insulators

M. Zahid Hasan, C. L. Kane · Reviews of Modern Physics · 2010 · 19.9K citations · Full text

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Inhibited Spontaneous Emission in Solid-State Physics and Electronics

Eli Yablonovitch · Physical Review Letters · 1987 · 13.9K citations · Full text

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Detailed Balance Limit of Efficiency of<i>p-n</i>Junction Solar Cells

W. Shockley, H. J. Queisser · Journal of Applied Physics · 1961 · 12.9K citations

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Visible-Light Photocatalysis in Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Oxides

Ryoji Asahi, Takeshi Morikawa, Takeshi Ohwaki et al. · Science · 2001 · 12.2K citations

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Semiconductor Clusters, Nanocrystals, and Quantum Dots

A. Paul Alivisatos · Science · 1996 · 11.4K citations

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  1. MG
    Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

    Northwestern University, United States

    97 publications · 17.9K citations

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  2. AZ
    Alex Zunger

    National Laboratory of the Rockies, United States

    78 publications · 13.9K citations

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  3. SW
    Su‐Huai Wei

    National Laboratory of the Rockies, United States

    74 publications · 10.8K citations

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  4. TT
    Takashi Taniguchi

    National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

    61 publications · 7.1K citations

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  5. KW
    Kenji Watanabe

    National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

    58 publications · 7K citations

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    141 h-index

    4.9K publications

    382.5K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    117 h-index

    3.4K publications

    238.5K citations

  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    110 h-index

    1.3K publications

    255.2K citations

  4. National Laboratory of the Rockies

    Golden, United States

    102 h-index

    1K publications

    165.2K citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    102 h-index

    906 publications

    206.5K citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    93 h-index

    805 publications

    131K citations

  7. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    90 h-index

    1.4K publications

    107.2K citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    82 h-index

    630 publications

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  1. Applied Physics Letters

    2.4K publications · 180.3K citations

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  2. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 679 publications · 151K citations

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  3. Journal of the American Chemical Society

    JACS · 396 publications · 85K citations

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  4. Journal of Applied Physics

    2.2K publications · 160.8K citations

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  5. Physical review. B, Condensed matter

    PRB · 1.1K publications · 98.6K citations

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