Advanced Technologies in Piezo-Phototronics
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "E：Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 2974
Special Issue Editor
Interests: flexible/stretchable electronics; nanoelectronics; neuromorphic computing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Piezo-phototronics is a novel physical effect that triply couples with piezoelectricity, photoexcitation, and semiconductor properties, and enables the modulation of electro-optical processes, including the generation, transport, separation, and/or combination of carriers, by strain-induced piezopotential. Due to the non-centrosymmetric crystal structures, third-generation semiconducting materials (e.g., ZnO, GaN, and AlN) possessing intrinsic piezoelectricity can exhibit the unique characteristics of piezo-phototronics, and offer flexible strategies for device optimization in optical, optoelectronic, and terahertz applications. Currently, piezo-phototronics has been effectively utilized for drastically improving the performance of LEDs, solar cells, photodetectors, lasers, and mechanoluminescent processes. Of course, there is still plenty of room for developing advanced technologies in piezo-phototronics, in terms of materials, devices, systems, and architectures. This Special Issue seeks to showcase research papers, short communications, and review articles that focus on (1) the experimental and theoretical study of piezoelectric materials (e.g., 0D/1D/2D nanomaterials) in optical/optoelectronic applications; (2) novel designs, fabrication, and modeling of piezo-phototronic devices (e.g., LEDs, PL imaging, solar cells, photodetectors, lasers, THz, and mechanoluminescence); (3) strain engineering techniques for controlling the strain-induced piezoelectric polarization effect and enhancing device performance; and (4) physical implementations of advanced intelligent system prototypes and chips based on piezo-phototronics.
Dr. Qilin Hua
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- piezoelectric effect
- piezotronics
- piezo-phototronics
- third-generation semiconductors
- nanomaterials
- micro/nanofabrication
- photonics
- optoelectronics
- strain engineering
- advanced intelligent systems
