Definition of nitride
:a binary compound of nitrogen with a more electropositive element
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Having successfully enclosed the graphene in boron nitride, the researchers were able to generate surface plasmons that propagate with low losses for the entire length of the phase-shifting device.
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The transistors were printed using graphene nanosheets as electrodes, with tungsten diselenide and boron nitride (two other nanomaterials) as the other parts of the transistor.
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One possibility is Aixtron’s leading position making technology that creates chips based on an advanced semiconductor material called gallium nitride.
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At the center of the committee’s concerns on the Philips deal, according to Mr. Lewis, was a little known but increasingly important advanced semiconductor material called gallium nitride.
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Origin and Etymology of nitride
International Scientific Vocabulary
Definition of nitride
nitrided;
nitriding
transitive verb
:to case-harden (a material, such as steel) by causing the surface to absorb nitrogen
First Known Use of nitride
1928
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