Materials for Devices

From everyday applications to the rise of automation, devices have become ubiquitous. Specific materials are employed in specific devices because of their particular properties, including electrical, thermal, magnetic, mechanical, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric. Materials for Devices discusses materials selection for optimal application and highlights current materials developments in gas sensors, optical devices, mechanoelectrical devices, and medical and biological devices.

• Explains how to select the right material for the right device
• Includes 2D materials, thin films, smart piezoelectric films, and more
• Presents details on organic solar cells
• Describes thin films in sensors, actuators, and LEDs
• Covers thin films and elastic polymers in biomedical devices
• Discusses growth and characterization of intrinsic magnetic topological insulators

This work is aimed at researchers, technologists, and advanced students in materials and electrical engineering and related fields who are interested in developing sensors or devices.

從日常應用到自動化的崛起，設備已經無所不在。由於其特定的特性，包括電性、熱性、磁性、機械性、鐵電性和壓電性，特定材料被應用於特定設備中。《材料應用於設備》討論了選擇最佳應用材料的方法，並重點介紹了氣體傳感器、光學設備、機電設備以及醫療和生物設備方面的最新材料發展。

• 解釋如何為合適的設備選擇合適的材料


• 包括2D材料、薄膜、智能壓電薄膜等


• 介紹有機太陽能電池的詳細信息


• 描述傳感器、致動器和LED中的薄膜


• 涵蓋生物醫學設備中的薄膜和彈性聚合物


• 討論內在磁性拓撲絕緣體的生長和表徵

這項工作針對材料和電氣工程以及相關領域的研究人員、技術人員和高級學生，他們對開發傳感器或設備感興趣。

Sam Zhang Shanyong, better known as Sam Zhang, earned a BE in materials in 1982 at Northeastern University (Shenyang, China), a ME in materials in 1984 at Iron & Steel Research Institute (Beijing, China), and a PhD in ceramics in 1991 at The University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA. Since 2006 he has been a tenured full professor at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University. In January 2018 he joined the School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing, China, and became Director of the Centre for Advanced Thin Film Materials and Devices at the university.

Professor Zhang is the founding Editor-in-Chief for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters (2008-December 2015) and Principal Editor for Journal of Materials Research (USA) responsible for thin films and coating field (since 2003). Since 2009 he has served as the founding and current president of the world's first Thin Films Society (www.thinfilms.sg).

Sam Zhang Shanyong，又被稱為Sam Zhang，於1982年在中國東北大學獲得材料工程學士學位，在1984年在中國鋼鐵研究院獲得材料工程碩士學位，在1991年在美國威斯康辛大學麥迪遜分校獲得陶瓷學博士學位。自2006年起，他一直是南洋理工大學機械與航空航天工程學院的終身教授。2018年1月，他加入了中國重慶西南大學材料與能源學院，並成為該大學先進薄膜材料與器件中心的主任。

張教授是《納米科學與納米技術快報》（2008年至2015年12月）的創刊主編，並且是《材料研究期刊》（美國）的主編，負責薄膜和塗層領域（自2003年起）。自2009年以來，他擔任世界上第一個薄膜學會（www.thinfilms.sg）的創始人和現任主席。