Celebration of 60th Anniversary of Moore's Law: The Significant Milestone in Micromachines
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 785
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Interests: MEMS; MOEMS; optical sensors; interferometry; microphotonics; biophotonics; biosensors; lab on a chip
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Interests: MEMS; CMOS-MEMS sensors; micromirrors; microactuators; piezoelectric MEMS microspeakers; pMUTs; photoacoustic microscopy; optical endomicroscopy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In an article published on 19 April 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore predicted a doubling of the number of transistors in state-of-the-art integrated circuits (units per chip) every year for the following 10 years.
In 1975, Moore revised his first projection into a doubling every two years, which was known as Moore’s Law. This extrapolation based on an emerging trend has been a guiding principle for the semiconductor industry for close to 60 years. Moore's Law guided the semiconductor industry in long-term planning and setting targets for research and development (R&D). Moore's Law has been a driving force of technological and social change, productivity, and economic growth. The advanced development of the semiconductor industry lays a solid foundation for the progression of MEMS technology.
This Special Issue is a celebration of the 60th anniversary of Moore's law, an important development that drives innovation-based competition within the semiconductor industry; to mark this important milestone in microelectronics, MEMS, microsystems, microsensors, and microactuators, this Special Issue of Micromachines invites proposals for new reviews and original research papers. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following subjects:
- Basic structures of MEMS (interdigital transducer; cantilever; microchannel, etc.);
- Applications of MEMS (sensors; actuators; switches; microfluidics; microphotonics, etc.);
- Processes of MEMS (surface micromachining; deposition; lithography; etching; 3D microfabrication, etc.);
- Bio-MEMS and related fields;
- Integrated circuits;
- Integrated photonic circuits;
- Semiconductor devices;
- 2D semiconductor materials;
- Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS);
- Metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET);
- Nanotransistor;
- Photodetectors;
- Quantum devices.
All members of this wide and active community are encouraged to submit original articles, critical reviews, and perspectives on any of the above-listed topics.
We express our gratitude to the eminent scientists who, over the past six decades, have been inspired and guided by Moore's Law, contributing significantly to the advancement of science.
Prof. Dr. Sabina Merlo
Prof. Dr. Huikai Xie
Prof. Dr. Nam-Trung Nguyen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- basic structures of MEMS
- applications of MEMS
- processes of MEMS
- bio-MEMS and related fields
- integrated circuits
- integrated photonic circuits
- semiconductor devices
- 2D semiconductor materials
- complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS)
- metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET)
- nanotransistor
- photodetectors
- quantum devices
- finFETs
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