Definition of "photoconductivity" [photoconductivity]

• Electrical conductivity affected by exposure to light. (noun)

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• "Dan dragged me into ultra-fast pulsed laser spectroscopy and into fast-transient photoconductivity as probes of the excited states of semiconducting polymers."
• "My graduation thesis was devoted to the problem of obtaining the thin films and investigating the photoconductivity of bismuth telluride compounds."
• "Chester Carlson patented a new dry photographic process (Xerography) based upon principles of photoconductivity and electrostatics."