Semiconductor vs. Superconductor — What's the Difference?

A semiconductor material has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, such as metallic copper, and an insulator, such as glass. Its resistivity falls as its temperature rises; metals behave in the opposite way.

To allow the flow of electric current without resistance. Certain materials superconduct at low temperatures.

Any of various solid crystalline substances, such as germanium or silicon, having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors, and used especially as a base material for microchips and other electronic devices.

A substance that has no resistance to conducting an electric current

An integrated circuit or other electronic component containing a semiconductor as a base material.

(physics) A substance with electrical properties intermediate between a good conductor and a good insulator.

A substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities

A conductor made with semiconducting material