Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Materials, Devices and Systems

Dear Colleagues,

We are glad to run a Special Issue with Crystals. We invite you to share your impressive and distinctive research works with us, and will truly appreciate your contribution.

This Special Issue is titled ‘Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Materials, Devices and Systems’, and the materials include but are not limited to GaN, Ga₂O₃, SiC, ZnO, AlN, and diamond. More specifically, the scope of this Issue covers five common key technological research topics for the study of material properties, device performance and system design of wide-bandgap semiconductors. The topics of interest are as follows: Material epitaxy (epitaxial structure design, advanced epitaxial methods, material and electrical characterization, etc.); microelectronic fabrication processes (etching process research, ohmic contact improvement, breakdown voltage enhancement, gate dielectric engineering, etc.); novel device design and application (monolithic integrated devices, vertical devices, multi-gate devices, sensors, ferroelectric devices, etc.); semiconductor device physics (device reliability, failure analysis, modeling, etc.); and advanced system integration (power supply systems, power amplifier architecture, circuit efficiency improvement, advanced packaging, etc.). The above topics are just for your reference. Any related topics not mentioned above are also acceptable for this Special Issue.

We would be grateful if we received your manuscripts before 30 June 2023, which will leave sufficient time for the review stage. The peer review committee will carefully consider each manuscript and reply to you as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Prof. Dr. Hongyu Yu
Prof. Dr. Qing Wang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the Special Issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Crystals is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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