The recovery and extraction of germanium have gained considerable attention due to the element’s critical role in modern high‐technology applications such as infrared optics, fibre communications, and ...

Germanium nanocrystals have emerged as a highly promising class of materials due to their unique optical, electronic, and structural properties. Exhibiting quantum confinement effects and tunable ...

BEIJING, Nov 9 (Reuters) - China has suspended a ban on exports of gallium, germanium and antimony to the U.S., its commerce ministry said on Sunday, although the three metals remain subject to ...

Like carbon and silicon, germanium’s lighter brethren on the periodic table, the metalloid can bond to four different groups, forming a chiral, tetrahedral molecule. Researchers at Nankai University ...

Compiled By Deborah Austin General Electric Co. and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. plan a jointly owned plant in Thailand to manufacture silane-monomers and siloxanes, used in production of silicone ...

BANGKOK — China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications, as a general ...