n.a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors

同義詞：Siatomic number 14

[Silicons].
Silicons allergy in venticuloperiloneal shunts
Volatile silicons in household and cosmetic products
Luminescence in Organic Silicons Prepared from Organic Precursors in Plasma Discharges
Drift-mobility measurements and mobility edges in disordered silicons
Silole Polymer and Cyclic Hexamer Catenating through the Ring Silicons
Study of luminescent region in anodized porous silicons by photoluminescence imaging and their microstructures
Planar Tetra-, Penta-, Hexa-, Hepta-, and Octacoordinate Silicons:  A Universal Structural Pattern
Mixed alkoxyaminosilanes, methods of making same and vulcanizing silicons prepared therefrom
Photoirradiation effect on photoluminescence from anodized porous silicons and luminescence mechanism