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Charge Carrier
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charge carrier [′chärj ‚kar·ē·ər]
(solid-state physics)
A mobile conduction electron or mobile hole in a semiconductor. Also known as carrier.

Carrier, Charge 

(or simply carrier), a particle or quasi-particle that is capable of carrying an electric charge through a given substance. The term is most frequently used in solid-state physics, where the charge carriers are usually conduction electrons and holes.



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The Rutgers physicists further observed the collective behavior of the ultra-relativistic charge carriers in graphene through a phenomenon known as the fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE).
The remaining chapters discuss applications, covering spin trapping, radiation produced radicals, electron paramagnetic resonance in biochemistry and biophysics, electron paramagnetic resonance detection of radicals in biology and medicine, electron paramagnetic resonance applications to catalytic and porous materials, and electron paramagnetic resonance of charge carriers in solids.
A THEORTICAL CALCULATION OF CHARGE CARRIERS IN DOPED SEMICONDUCTORS.
 
 
 
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