Semimetal, Semiconductor or Oxide based Electronics, Optoelectronics and Integrated Devices and Sensors
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Crystalline Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2020) | Viewed by 4260
Special Issue Editors
Interests: low-dimensional heterogeneous integration; nanofabrication; nanoscale logic and memory devices for beyond CMOS; spintronics; 2D materials
Interests: first-principle simulations; emerging nanoelectronic device concepts for beyond CMOS; 1D and 2D nanostructures and nanosensors; hetero-interfaces, surfaces, dopants and defects
Interests: synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials; nanocomposites; thin Films; photovoltaic devices and solar cells; energy storage devices such as batteries and supercapacitors; sensors; photocatalysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a new paradigm that has changed the traditional way of living into a high-tech life style by taking advantage of quantum and nanotechnology in terms of sensing, data storage, and data processing speed, which were previously inconceivable. To realise the full vision of IoT, research studies have been carried out to address the critical challenges of various aspects of ‘individual’ and ‘integrated’ devices. Features such as reduced power consumption and improved performance of individual devices, as well as more compact integrated systems are at the forefront of the research agenda. The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide an update of the developments and trends towards the realisation of smaller, smarter, and less power hungry devices spanning from electronics and photonics to various sensing and data storage architectures. We seek research and review articles about different aspects of material science and device concepts, including atomic-scale simulation, TCAD modelling, design, growth, synthesis, functionalisation, nanofabrication, and material/device structural, electronic, optical, chemical, mechanical and magnetic characterization, as well as quantum effects, surface termination, impurities, defects and grain boundary studies. Papers on a wide range of material systems from semimetals and semiconductors to oxides, organic and inorganic materials and the devices made of such materials, and their diverse and emerging applications in any form of integrated circuits and systems will be considered. This could be expanded to topological insulators and spin-polarised materials and devices as well.
Dr. Farzan Gity
Dr. Lida Ansari
Dr. Davoud Dastan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanoscale logic and memory devices
- 1D and 2D nanosensors
- nanophotonic devices
- nanoscale systems, thin films, and 2D materials
- atomic-scale simulations and TCAD modelling
- nanofabrication and patterning of materials
- heterogeneous integration
- structural, electrical, and chemical characterisation
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