Scope

The aim of the conference is to review the advances in the field of electronic devices, according to the following topics:

 

HORIZONTAL TOPICS

H1. Materials and processing technology
Manufacturing techniques for bulk or 2D layered materials (LPE, MBE, MOVPE, CVD, ALD ...). Development of semiconductor materials: carbon-based materials: graphene, CNT, fibers... New organic semiconductors. Technological processes and their simulation: bulk substrates treatment, photolitography, e-beam lithography, etching, FIB, diffusion, ion implantation, insulator and metal deposition, ohmic contacts, etc. Ink-jet, 3D and other new printing techniques for electronic devices.

H2. Device modelling and simulation
Statistical, numerical or analytical models for electronic, optical or physical device aspects. Physical and circuital device models and their interconnection.

H3. Characterization and reliability
Physical and chemical characterization of electronic materials: SIMS, XPS, photoluminescence, Hall Effect, XRD, SEM, TEM, STM, AFM, AES, RBS, etc. Electrical and optical device characterization: quantum efficiency, I-V, C-V, impedance, TLM, etc. Device reliability, fault analysis, electromigration, real time and fast degradation experiments, etc.

 

VERTICAL TOPICS (DEVICE TYPES)

V1. Sensors, actuators and micro/nano systems
Structures and their integration into devices for sensors, actuators and micro/nanosystems, MEMS/NEMS. It includes sensors for physical, chemical, gas, electrochemical, mass ... detection. Integrated sensors. Hybrid integration with optical components. Energy harvesting. Electronic noses.

V2. Photovoltaic and optoelectronic/photonics devices and displays
Single crystal technologies (Si, III-V), thin film technologies (chalcogenides, a-Si, perovskites...), organic PV, third generation based concepts. Optoelectronic devices: LEDs, lasers, optical modulators, photodiodes, CMOS or CCD array detectors. Photonic Crystals structures. Displays: TFT, LCD, OLEDs...

V3. Biomedical devices and Lab-on-Chip
Sensors for biomedical detection. SPR. DNA chips. Micro-optofluidics. Micro- and nano separation technologies. Micro- and nano total analysis systems (uTAS, nTAS). Biological fuel-cells. Implantable medical devices and drug delivery devices. Medical diagnostic microsystem. Bioelectronics applications.

V4. New device concepts: quantum devices, nano-devices, RF, microwave and power devices
New functional devices based in nanostructures: nanotubes, nanowires, quantum dots, graphene, etc. Magnetic, nano-photonic, spintronic, and molecular devices. Memristive switching devices. Devices for micro-energy harvesting. Terahertz operating devices. Discrete and integrated devices for high power/voltage/current operation, including FETs, HBTs for high power, RF, microwave and integrated switches, capacitors, inductors, and components for batteries.


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