Fabrication of Nanoscale Electronics Devices
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 2572
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Interests: electrochemical sensors; preparation of materials for micro-sensors; environmental monitoring; water treatment; electrocatalytic materials; electroorganic synthesis; electroanalysis; green hydrogen production and waste valorization
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, we have seen an significant increase in the number of electronic devices that have been developed and fabricated; however, their preparation methodologies are still considered expensive as they require time-consuming design, calibration, and comparisons and extensive modifications steps. Thus, more appropriate elaboration strategies have been investigated to achieve improvements in sensibility, selectivity, and detection reliability, using traditional materials but modifying the size of the electronic devices. Consequently, miniaturization is a hot-spot investigation topic because it has allowed us to better understand the several processes that take place in the micro- and nano- environments, and it also provides significant new benefits such as real-time monitoring and high sensitivity as a consequence of the high and efficient mass transport in chemical, biological, and nature behaviors, as well as in physics and engineering.
In the development of nanodevices, various materials have been widely used as supports due to their simplicity and active surface to improve performance in specific concentration control areas or chemical–biological environments. Among the various types of materials, metallic, semiconductor, organic, and carbon materials have found extensive use in a variety of fields, including supercapacitor, sensor, biomedical, energy, photovoltaic, and electrochemical applications, as well as in physics, mechanical, electronic, electrical, and engineering devices, because of their desirable properties. Other than for integrated circuits, new electronic nanodevices have been developed for light emission, transmission, and detection in optoelectronic and photonic systems, as well as for new chemical, biological, and environmental sensors. These devices frequently comprise nanoscale heterojunctions. Shape, high chemical stability, high strength, high electrical conductivity, high surface area, outstanding electrocatalytic activity, and compatibility with matrix materials are just a few of their characteristics. Therefore, the fabrication of nanoscale electronic devices has recently attracted interest due to their remarkable qualities.
The design, manufacture, modeling, and demonstration of nanodevices for various purposes are the main topics of this Special Issue. The structure, materials, characterization methods, underlying physical principles, and theoretical knowledge of transistors, diodes, and memory devices utilized as the fundamental components of electrical and optoelectronic systems or sensors are among the specific subjects covered.
We welcome the submission of research, review, and numerical simulation papers, particularly when accompanied by experimental data.
Dr. Carlos A. Martínez-Huitle
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- physics, mechanical, electronic, electrical and engineering devices
- electronic nanodevices
- supercapacitor, sensor, biomedical, energy, photovoltaic and electrochemical applications
