Functional Materials and Electronics

This edited book focuses on the newly developed functional materials and their applications for electronics and spintronics devices. Electronic devices have become a part of our daily modern life involving mobile phones, data storage, computers, and satellites, and there is relentless growth in microelectronics. The book covers the topic of oxide materials for electronics devices, new materials, and new properties, especially in the newly developed research areas, such as oxide magnetic semiconductors and two-dimensional electron gas.

Dr. Jiabao Yi is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW). Before he came to UNSW, he was a prestigious Lee Kuan Yew postdoctoral fellow at the National University of Singapore. He joined UNSW in 2011 after he was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II fellowship. He obtained his PhD degree in 2008 from the National University of Singapore, Singapore. His research areas include oxide-based diluted magnetic semiconductors, two-dimensional materials, and soft and hard magnetic materials. He has published 120 papers with citations over 4500 times.

Professor Sean Li is currently leading a research group that consists of more than 40 researchers who work in the research areas of advanced multifunctional materials at the University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia. Their research activities have been funded by ~ $42m from the Australian Research Council, the Australian Solar Institute, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO), the Commonwealth Science Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) and industries. Professor Sean Li’s laboratory is equipped with a number of unique and world-class research facilities, which is specially designed and fully geared toward the development of advanced multifunctional and energy materials with a total value of AUD$12m. It is one of the key research infrastructures at UNSW. Professor Li has published three textbooks, one edited book, 12 book chapters, and more than 325 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals.