What is a Semiconductor?
A semiconductor is a substance, usually a solid chemical element or compound, that can conduct electricity under some conditions but not others, making it a good medium for the control of electrical current.
Its conductance varies depending on the current or voltage applied to a control electrode, or on the intensity of irradiation by infra red (IR), visible light, ultraviolet (UV), or X rays.
Semiconductors have had a monumental impact on our society. You find semiconductors at the heart of microprocessor chips as well as transistors. Anything that’s computerised or uses radio waves depends on semiconductors.
Semiconductor make moving image works which reveal our physical world in flux; cities in motion, shifting landscapes and systems in chaos. The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries in the following movie.
Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo.
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