silicon-based
Adjective
Meaning
silicon-based
based on silicon; especially used of a proposed alternative biochemistry or lifeforms
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All silicon-based approaches would fix the Avogadro constant but vary in the details of the definition of the kilogram.
Ch. 5 p. 116. ISBN 1-4200-7662-0 Because of their greater bandgap, silicon-based photodiodes generate less noise than germanium-based photodiodes.
PBS program - American Experience (2012) 'Silicon Valley' In late 1957, eight of Shockley's researchers, who would come to be known as the " traitorous eight ", resigned after Shockley decided not to continue research into silicon-based semiconductors.
Though once widely used, selenium rectifiers have mostly been replaced (or are being replaced) by silicon-based devices.
For normal silicon-based detectors, the sensitivity is limited to 1.1 μm.
This uses a less accessible silicon-based reagent in place of the phosphorane, but it allows for the selection of E- or Z-products.