: a silvery malleable fusible chiefly trivalent metallic element that occurs especially in sphalerite ores and is used especially as a plating material, in alloys, and in electronics see Chemical Elements Table
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That negates the need for TCOs incorporating rare and expensive materials like indium, and as such, brings down the cost of production.
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New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2025
To do so, the group made a solution containing 3.3-nanometer-wide crystals of indium arsenide and either silver or copper atoms.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Apr. 2011
The chip, detailed in a Nature paper, has eight topological qubits made from indium arsenide and aluminum.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Graphene has long been pursued as a potential replacement for indium tin oxide (ITO) as a transparent electrode material for displays.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Sep. 2015
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New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2025
To do so, the group made a solution containing 3.3-nanometer-wide crystals of indium arsenide and either silver or copper atoms.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Apr. 2011
The chip, detailed in a Nature paper, has eight topological qubits made from indium arsenide and aluminum.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Graphene has long been pursued as a potential replacement for indium tin oxide (ITO) as a transparent electrode material for displays.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Sep. 2015
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indium
noun
in·di·um
ˈin-dē-əm 
: a malleable fusible silvery metallic element that is chiefly trivalent, occurs especially in sphalerite ores, and is used as a plating for bearings, in alloys having a low melting point, and in making transistors
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