In this volume, an international team of experts in the field of advanced materials provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging technologies and their manufacturing processes, characterization techniques, properties, and applications in various fields and industries.
In this volume, an international team of experts in the field of advanced materials provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging technologies and their manufacturing processes, characterization techniques, properties, and applications in various fields and industries.
The book provides a comprehensive overview of emerging materials, including MXenes, 2D magnets, nanostructured soft materials, and graphene-based nanocomposites. It covers principles, properties, fabrication methods, including solution-based techniques, self-assembly, and advanced synthesis, as well as characterization techniques. Experts explain how to evaluate the properties and applications of these materials. The book highlights applications in energy, electronics, medicine, and the environment, and encourages innovation and exploration in research and industry. This knowledge enables readers to apply fabrication techniques, evaluate the suitability of materials, and contribute to technological advances that address global challenges.
The combination of fundamental information and practical guidance on fabrication and characterization makes this book indispensable for scientists, engineers, and researchers in fields such as energy, electronics, medicine, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and environmental science. Students will also find it valuable for pursuing careers in research or industry.
Section I: Emerging Materials in Electronics
1. Novel Heusler Materials
for Spintronics: Growth, Characterizations, and Applications
2. Recent
Advances in Magnetic Materials for Spintronic Device Applications
3. 2D Van
der Waals Magnetic Materials: Synthesis, Physics and Applications
4. Weyl and
Dirac Semimetals for Thermoelectric Applications Section II: Emerging
Materials in Energy
5. Recent Developments in Fabrication Techniques for
Perovskite Solar Modules
6. Perovskite Solar Cells: Stability, Degradation
Mechanisms, Commercialization Challenges, and Future Directions
7. Plasmonics
in Energy Conversion: Solar Cells and Photocatalysis
8. Emerging Spintronic
Materials for Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting and Sensing
9. Polycrystalline
Yttrium Iron Garnet for Spin Seebeck Energy Harvesting
10. Advanced Materials
and Sustainable Technologies for Super Capacitors
11. Enhanced Photodetection
Characteristics of Metal-Doped Lead Halide Perovskites Section III: Emerging
Materials in Biotechnology
12. Design Principles and Fabrication Techniques
for Plasmonics and Metamaterials
13. Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering for
Biosensing Applications Using Plasmonic Metasurfaces
14. 2D Materials in
Chemical Sensing: Current Progress and Future Challenges
15. Recent
Developments of MXenes for Various Biomedical Applications
16. Graphene-Based
Nanocomposites and Their Applications
17. Metamaterials for Biomedical
Applications
18. Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Pegylated Gold
Nanoparticles: Advancements in Biomedical Sensing Section IV: Advanced
Fabrication and Characterization Techniques
19. Fabrication and
Characterization of Crystalline Ternary Metal Oxide Nanostructured Materials
20. Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Oxide Nanostructures for
Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation
21. Polymer Doping via Vapor Phase
Infiltration
Sungkyu Seo received his B.S. degree from Korea University (Seoul, Korea) in 1998 and his Ph.D. degree from Texas A&M University (TX, USA) in 2007, both in electrical engineering. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA in California, USA, he has been a professor in the Department of Electronics and Information Engineering at Korea University (Sejong, Korea) since 2009. His current research interests include biophotonics, nano-optics, and MEMS/NEMS.
Sachin Gupta is an associate professor in the Department of Physics at Bennett University, Greater Noida, India. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in 2007 and 2009, respectively, from MJP Rohilkhand Uni. Bareilly, India, and his Ph.D in 2015 from IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Samir Kumar is a research professor at the Nano Biophotonics Lab, Korea University (Sejong, Korea). He received his M.Sc. from the University of Kalyani, India, in 2009, followed by an M.Tech. from the National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, India, in 2012. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, in 2017.
Chandra Shakher Pathak is an assistant professor of Physics at BMS Institute of Technology and Management Bengaluru and received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He subsequently worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, and Chungnam National University, South Korea.
