Ruoxi Chen , Zheng Gong , Jialin Chen , Xinyan Zhang , Xingjian Zhu , Hongsheng Chen , Xiao Lin
{"title":"Recent advances of transition radiation: Fundamentals and applications","authors":"Ruoxi Chen , Zheng Gong , Jialin Chen , Xinyan Zhang , Xingjian Zhu , Hongsheng Chen , Xiao Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.mtelec.2023.100025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtelec.2023.100025","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Transition radiation is a fundamental process of light emission and occurs whenever a charged particle moves across an inhomogeneous region. One feature of transition radiation is that it can create light emission at arbitrary frequency under any particle velocity. Therefore, transition radiation is of significant importance to both fundamental science and practical applications. In this paper, we provide a brief historical review of transition radiation and its recent development. Moreover, we pay special attention to four typical applications of transition radiation, namely the detection of high-energy particles, coherent radiation sources, beam diagnosis, and excitation of surface waves. Finally, we give an outlook for the research tendency of transition radiation, especially its flexible manipulation by exploiting artificially-engineered materials and nanostructures, such as gain materials, metamaterials, spatial-temporal materials, meta-boundaries, and layered structures with a periodic or non-periodic stacking.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100893,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Electronics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49892258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ilkan Calisir , Xiantao Yang , Elliot L. Bennett , Jianliang Xiao , Yi Huang
{"title":"Enhancing the bandwidth of antennas using polymer composites with high dielectric relaxation","authors":"Ilkan Calisir , Xiantao Yang , Elliot L. Bennett , Jianliang Xiao , Yi Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.mtelec.2023.100026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtelec.2023.100026","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We propose a concept using a frequency-dependent property (dielectric relaxation) of dielectric materials to enhance the bandwidth of the antenna widely used in wireless communications. The bandwidth enhancement can be achieved when a loading dielectric material with a relative permittivity that is inversely proportional to the frequency by the power of <em>n</em>. The bandwidth for a selected antenna example could be increased by 135% when the power <em>n</em> = 2. A solid material, composed of plasticized PVDF containing nano-sized silica particles, exhibiting dielectric relaxation of <em>n</em> = 0.52, is developed in order to prove the theoretical concept and used to test the performance of an example mobile phone antenna. The influence of hydrogen bonding on tuning the frequency-dependent power <em>n</em> in the developed composite material is verified. The bandwidth of the antenna was increased by 18% over the operating frequency band using a newly developed dielectrically relaxing material, <em>n</em> = 0.52 compared to the conventional non-relaxing material, <em>n</em> = 0.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100893,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Electronics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49892249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diffusion limiting layer induced tantalum oxide based memristor as nociceptor","authors":"Debashis Panda , Yu-Fong Hui , Tseung-Yuen Tseng","doi":"10.1016/j.mtelec.2023.100031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtelec.2023.100031","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The nociceptor is critical to developed the new generation human-like robots. It is a special sensory receptor that detects noxious stimuli and responds accordingly. This report demonstrates a novel TaN/Ta/TaO<sub>x</sub>/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/ITO/glass memristor as a nociceptor. The device shows bipolar switching with a positive set and a negative reset. High-resolution transmission microscopy observation confirms the presence of the ultrathin Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> layer and the clear interface between oxides and electrodes. The experimental results measured through electric pulses confirm the key features of nociceptors such as threshold, relaxation, allodynia and hyperalgesia properties. The memristor is relaxed after 10 ms at 0.1 V. These nociceptive properties confirm that the TaO<sub>x</sub>-based memristors can be potentially used as electronic nociceptors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100893,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Electronics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49906796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Functional nanostructures for bias-magnet-free and reconfigurable microwave magnetic devices","authors":"Arabinda Haldar","doi":"10.1016/j.mtelec.2022.100008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtelec.2022.100008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recent demonstrations of the reconfigurable microwave properties based on patterned magnetic nanostructures without any external bias magnetic field have been reviewed. Two main design strategies for the nanostructures have been discussed. Firstly, self-biased nanomagnetic networks and multilayer structures that possess two different remanent magnetic states are exploited. Different remanent states are associated with distinct microwave properties and they are within a nanosecond time scale by using a simple field initialization scheme. The dipolar coupling field and the demagnetization field variations have been attributed to the origin of the tunable microwave responses. Secondly, magnetic skyrmions have been explored for tunable microwave properties. In this regard, skyrmion size which is directly related to its resonant modes has been controlled by placing it at different positions in an engineered nanostructure with varying edge repulsions. Finally, an outlook on the future directions and scopes of bias-free microwave devices have been discussed. It is also outlined that such devices have potential implications for the logic and magnonic technologies beyond their applications for microwave magnetic devices.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100893,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Electronics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772949422000080/pdfft?md5=186e9e9e3e4678564e823ad89e014869&pid=1-s2.0-S2772949422000080-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72110626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Broadband Photodetection of Cd3As2: Review and Perspectives","authors":"Yunkun Yang , Faxian Xiu","doi":"10.1016/j.mtelec.2022.100007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtelec.2022.100007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Due to the topologically protected gapless electronic structure, Cadmium arsenide (Cd<sub>3</sub>As<sub>2</sub>) is predicted to possess large and high-speed photoresponses in a broad spectrum. The progressively developed device process and material technologies offer the possibility to integrate semimetals with semiconductors or 2D materials into heterojunctions, which can suppress the intrinsically high dark current. Hence, photodetectors based on Cd<sub>3</sub>As<sub>2</sub> and its heterostructures has been gradually evolved in recent years, showing an excellent broadband photodetection capability. In this Perspective, we elaborate on several key parameters for evaluating the performance of a photodetection. We overview recent studies on photodetection and imaging based on Cd<sub>3</sub>As<sub>2</sub> nanostructures or thin films, and further discuss the opportunities and challenges for Cd<sub>3</sub>As<sub>2</sub> photodetectors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100893,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Electronics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772949422000079/pdfft?md5=645397216c11d0c76912a5d76ef5bdd9&pid=1-s2.0-S2772949422000079-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72115704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Skin-Integrated, Stretchable Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Energy Harvesting and Mechanical Sensing","authors":"Ling Zhao, Zihong Lin, K. Lai","doi":"10.1016/j.mtelec.2022.100012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtelec.2022.100012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100893,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Electronics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79915296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jing Cao, Tzee Luai Meng, Xikui Zhang, Chee Kiang Ivan Tan, Ady Suwardi, Hongfei Liu
{"title":"On functional boron nitride: Electronic structures and thermal properties","authors":"Jing Cao, Tzee Luai Meng, Xikui Zhang, Chee Kiang Ivan Tan, Ady Suwardi, Hongfei Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.mtelec.2022.100005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtelec.2022.100005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The past two decades have witnessed extensive explorations of boron nitride (BN) largely due to its unique optoelectronic properties, mechanical robustness, high thermal conductivity, thermal and chemical stability. Crystal growth and functional engineering of BN thin film structures as well as their integrations with two-dimensional materials for advanced applications have been attracting increasing interest in recent years. Here, we have reviewed the basic structural, electronic, and thermal transport properties of BN, especially hexagonal BN both in bulk and reduced dimensionalities. This is followed by a thorough account of progress in atomic layer deposition (ALD) of BN, which has the advantages of being able to grow on 3D surface and control the film thickness in atomic level. Future perspectives are provided through discussing the potential applications of BN along with the material synthesis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100893,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Electronics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772949422000055/pdfft?md5=44150117c54555a019285c8c182c94d2&pid=1-s2.0-S2772949422000055-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72110625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kanghua Li , Xuke Yang , Feifan Yang , Jungang He , Guangzu Zhang , Shenglin Jiang , Chao Chen , Jiang Tang
{"title":"Flexible short-wavelength infrared photodetector based on extrinsic Sb2Se3","authors":"Kanghua Li , Xuke Yang , Feifan Yang , Jungang He , Guangzu Zhang , Shenglin Jiang , Chao Chen , Jiang Tang","doi":"10.1016/j.mtelec.2022.100011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtelec.2022.100011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>One-dimensional antimony selenide (Sb<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>3</sub>), enjoying intriguing optoelectronic properties, has drawn extensive attention in solar cells and broadband photodetection. Limited by the bandgap, the reported Sb<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>3</sub> photodetectors always focus on the detection of visible and near-infrared (<1050 nm). Extending the detection waveband can greatly enrich the applications of Sb<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>3</sub> photodetectors. Extrinsic photoconduction is an attractive strategy for extending the detection waveband, for example, the extrinsic Si detector for short-wavelength or long-wavelength infrared detection. However, Sb<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>3</sub> extrinsic photoconduction has not been reported yet. Herein, the extrinsic photoconduction, attributed to the intrinsic point defects, is observed in Sb<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>3</sub> for the first time, which induced a broadened short-wavelength infrared detection of 1650 nm at room temperature. Furthermore, the Sb<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>3</sub> photodetector is fabricated on a flexible polyimide substrate. Meanwhile, the Sb<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>3</sub> photodetectors also demonstrate a fast response speed (rise of 9 µs and fall of 11 µs), a high linear dynamic range of 98 dB, and wide -3dB bandwidth of 163 kHz at 1300 nm. This extrinsic-photoconduction provides feasible design strategies to broaden the detection waveband of the Sb<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>3</sub> photodetectors and can be extended to other chalcogenides.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100893,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Electronics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772949422000110/pdfft?md5=116391beadfdd9f4d9edce53df7dfd92&pid=1-s2.0-S2772949422000110-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72110643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Skin-integrated, stretchable triboelectric nanogenerator for energy harvesting and mechanical sensing","authors":"Ling Zhao , Zihong Lin , King Wai Chiu Lai","doi":"10.1016/j.mtelec.2022.100012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtelec.2022.100012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Due to the potential application of wearable electronics in human medical treatment and human machine interfaces, extensive investigations and research have been conducted recently. To provide sufficient and continuous power to the state-of-art flexible electronics, many wearable self-powered technologies have been developed. Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) provide a prospective alternative option to efficiently transform mechanical energy during human daily movement into electricity, which can be utilized for motion capturing and energy harvesting. Here, we have developed a thin, skin-integrated stretchable triboelectric nanogenerator based on the contact-separation mode through a low-cost fabrication process. By adopting the serpentine designed Cu electrodes, the device has exhibited excellent flexibility and stretchability. To separate the two triboelectric layers, a flexible pillar array is built in the middle by screening printing, realizing the thin format of the TENG. Due to mechanical design, the TENG exhibits a wide pressure sensing range from ∼ 8.125 kPa to ∼ 43.125 kPa, corresponding to the open-circuit voltages ranging from ∼ 10 V to ∼ 80 V, allowing sensing to various external pressures, such as finger touching, tapping, and punching. At the external pressure of 43.125 kPa, the power output of the TENG could reach up to 300 μW/cm<sup>2</sup>. Under a constant tapping by fingers, the energy yielded by the device could light 40 LEDs. Furthermore, a 4 × 4 arrayed TENG-based pressure sensor was further fabricated and demonstrates its potential applications in human motion monitoring and tactile mapping.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100893,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Electronics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772949422000122/pdfft?md5=8f9f8662f5cde7decbe27e96e33ee548&pid=1-s2.0-S2772949422000122-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72110645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Won Hyung Lee , YoungJun Yang , Junwoo Park , Sun Geun Yoon , Huding Jin , Donggun Lee , Junghyup Han , Yong Hyun Cho , Youn Sang Kim
{"title":"Ion-gating analysis on conduction mechanisms in oxide semiconductors","authors":"Won Hyung Lee , YoungJun Yang , Junwoo Park , Sun Geun Yoon , Huding Jin , Donggun Lee , Junghyup Han , Yong Hyun Cho , Youn Sang Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.mtelec.2022.100010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtelec.2022.100010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The electric field-effect is one of the common methods to tune the conductivity of materials in semiconductor devices because it can control the accumulation or depletion of charge carriers. However, to efficaciously dominate the electrical properties of the semiconductor in such a way, the application of an external voltage through the gate is an inevitable condition. Here, we propose an ion-dynamics-driven (ionovoltaic) transducer focusing on a self-gated field-effect by ion adsorption at the solid–liquid interface (an ion-gating effect without applied electric field). Considering an effective resistance derived from the generated signal, we establish an equivalent circuit of the ion-gating field-effect transducer to specifically analyze the conduction behavior of traveling electrons in an amorphous indium tin oxide film. As a result, using water droplet flow, we provide a convenient method to identify inherent conduction mechanisms of amorphous oxide semiconductors. This analysis has great potential as a tool to leap forward into a new interdisciplinary approach covering interface science and solid-state physics from a peculiar concept based on the ion-gating effect.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100893,"journal":{"name":"Materials Today Electronics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772949422000109/pdfft?md5=cb1e3107ddf094c9a5c837417b932586&pid=1-s2.0-S2772949422000109-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72110644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}