Stable alloy of periodic table group IV elements carbon, silicon, germanium, and tin ensures compatibility with standard chip manufacturing

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1091246

"production using industrial CVD enables combining these elements with opposite properties... enables components comparable with/ capabilities beyond pure silicon, all from same group of the periodic table, to be integrated directly onto chip during epitaxy... greater control over band gap, key factor determining electronic/ photonic behavior... scalable photonic/ thermoelectric/ quantum/ electronic semiconductors, quantum well based LEDs, room temperature lasers, wearables"