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// materials · 8 indexed
Inspecting Silicon.
§ physical properties
Silicon
Si
Mobilitycm²/V·s
1,4001.0× Si
Band GapeV
1.121.0× Si
Piezo d₃₃pC/N
00% of max
Dielectric Constant
11.71.0× Si
Thermal ConductivityW/m·K
150.01.0× Si
Breakdown FieldMV/cm
0.301.0× Si
Crystal System
cubic
Silicon · mobility (cm²/V·s)
Bulk: 1400 | Holes: 450
v_sat: 1.0e+7 cm/s
Source
Silicon: Sze, Physics of Semiconductor Devices, 4th ed.
§ radar profile
Six-Axis Comparison
Silicon
§ suitability
Crystal-EM Hybrid Suitability
52/ 100
Silicon
§ key insight
Silicon · Si
The incumbent baseline — high electron mobility and mature fabrication, but zero piezoelectric response (centrosymmetric) and a narrow band gap stall further scaling below 3 nm. Silicon defines the wall the Crystal-EM thesis aims to vault over.