Functionalized Nanomaterials for Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices: Design, Fabrications and Applications

The book gives invaluable insights and expertise from leading researchers on the latest advancements, challenges, and applications of functionalized nanomaterials.

Functionalized Nanomaterials for Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices: Design, Fabrications and Applications examines the current state-of-the-art, recent progress, new challenges, and future perspectives of functionalized nanomaterials in high-performance electronic and optoelectronic device applications. The book focuses on the synthesis strategies, functionalization methods, characterizations, properties, and applications of functionalized nanomaterials in various electronic and optoelectronic devices and the essential criteria in each specified field. The physicochemical, optical, electrical, magnetic, electronic, and surface properties of functionalized nanomaterials are also discussed in detail. Additionally, the book discusses reliability, ethical and legal issues, environmental and health impact, and commercialization aspects of functionalized nanomaterials, as well as essential criteria in each specified field. This curated selection of topics and expert contributions from across the globe make this book an outstanding reference source for anyone involved in the field of functionalized nanomaterials-based electronic and optoelectronic devices. The book gives a comprehensive summary of recent advancements and key technical research accomplishments in the area of electronic/optoelectronic device applications of functionalized nanomaterials. Functionalized Nanomaterials for Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices serves as a one-stop reference for important research in this innovative research field.

Readers will find this volume:

• Explores technological advances, recent trends, and various applications of functionalized nanomaterials;
• Provides state-of-the-art knowledge on synthesis, processing, properties, and characterization of functionalized nanomaterials;
• Presents fundamental knowledge and an extensive review on functionalized nanomaterials, especially those designed for electronic device applications;
• Summarizes key challenges, future perspectives, reliability, and commercialization aspects of functionalized nanomaterials in various electronic devices.

Audience

This book will be a very valuable reference source for research scholars, graduate students (primarily in the field of materials science and engineering, nanomaterials and nanotechnology) and industry engineers working in the field of functionalized nanomaterials for electronic applications.

Gopal Rawat, PhD is an assistant professor in the School of Computing and Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has published over 50 research articles in leading peer-reviewed international journals and conferences, one book chapter, and four patents. His research interests include semiconducting materials, device design and development, novel materials, and semiconductor devices.

Gautam Patel, PhD works in the Department of Industrial Chemistry at the Institute of Science and Technology for Advanced Studies and Research, CVM University, Nagar, Gujarat, India, with over seven years of experience. He has published one book, six chapters, three patents, and five research papers in international journals. His research interests include organic synthesis, green chemistry, nanosciences, and nanotechnology.

Kalim Deshmukh, PhD is a senior researcher at the New Technologies Research Centre at the University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic, with over 15 years of research experience. He has published over 110 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and 36 book chapters and edited several books. His research interests include synthesis, characterization, and property investigations of polymer nanocomposites reinforced with different nanofillers, including various nanoparticles and carbon allotropes such as carbon black, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and its derivatives for energy storage, energy harvesting, gas sensing, EMI shielding, and high-k dielectric applications.

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD is an adjunct professor, academic advisor, and Lab Director in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA. He is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as author and editor of over 100 scientific monographs and books. His research focuses on the application of nanotechnology and advanced materials in environmental and analytical chemistry.