Semiconductor Materials for Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Electronic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2023) | Viewed by 170
Special Issue Editor
Interests: optoelectronics; nanostructures; oxide semiconductors; plasmonics; telecom frequency; conductive ceramics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Owing to the advancements in semiconductor nanoelectronics and smart materials, the deployment of ultra-broadband and low-latency network infrastructures, among other applications, is opening a new era of global digitalization in several domains. The resulting techno-economic trends will continue and even accelerate in the following decades, with smart devices, networks, and services being developed. Moreover, quantum optical communications will disrupt conventional information and communication technologies and telecommunications systems. Exploiting novel and advanced material systems (including novel heterojunction structures) and devices capable of realizing tunable optical attributes and non-reciprocal wave transmission is therefore crucial for developing the appropriate network architectures of mobile networks and state-of-the-art optoelectronic detectors and modulators beyond 2030.
This issue aims to address recent advances in novel material systems and devices for electronic and optoelectronic applications. This includes advances in areas such as plasmonics, oxide- and nitride-based deep-ultraviolet (DUV) light emitters and detectors, and the design and fabrication of novel device platforms, including conductive ceramic templates that are compatible with complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication processes. Advances in developing nanoscale plasmonic devices, for instance, can be exploited in nanoantennas for 6G intra-/inter-chip optical wireless communications. Other areas of focus include underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) and/or visible light communication (VLC), nano-optics and nanoplasmonics for optoelectronics and energy and/or biosensing and environmental sensing, ferroelectric and piezoelectric effects on the optical processes in advanced materials and devices, and epitaxy methods of advanced quantum devices. The goal of this Special Issue is to elucidate recent developments in this rapidly developing interdisciplinary research field. Therefore, we invite you to submit manuscripts for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Nasir Alfaraj
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS)
- conductive ceramics
- device platforms
- DUV optoelectronics
- heterojunctions
- nanoelectronics
- nanostructures
- networks
- nitrides
- optical communications
- optoelectronics
- oxides
- plasmonics
- quantum optics
- smart devices
- smart materials
- tunable optics
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