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Crystal Lab
Compare 8 candidate lattices across 6 physical axes.
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
§ 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 and a narrow band gap stall further scaling below 3 nm. Silicon defines the wall the Crystal-EM thesis aims to vault over.