Functional Films for Electroactive Devices
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2021) | Viewed by 500
Special Issue Editor
Interests: process engineering; advanced functional materials; thin films and nanotechnology; CVD; lead-free piezoelectrics; electroactive devices; microacoustics; photonics, high-temperature sensors; microenergy harvesting
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, various information-powerful and well-interconnected devices as well as new generation telecommunications have emerged, in the so-called Internet of Things (IoT), in distributed sensor monitoring, and in 5G telecommunications. The key limiting factors in these devices and their applications are energy autonomy/consumtion, data transfer efficiency, life/durability, and strong constraints on size. The large scale of global deployment for these applications makes the required material quantity, material abundance, recyclability, toxicity, and environmental footprint especially important. In these advanced applications, many components such as microacoustic/photonic devices, sensors, and microenergy hanvesters are based on electroactive materials. The extreme miniaturization, increase of performance, and energy savings require these materials in the form of thin or thick films.
The scope of this Special Issue is functional films for electroactive devices with particular emphasis on material sustainability. In particular, the topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Electro-optic films for photonic devices;
- Lead-free films for actuators and energy harvesters;
- Piezoelectric films for acoustic sensors and filters.
Guest Editor
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