Piezotronics and Piezo-Phototronics: Microtechnology and MEMS

Introduction and Fundamentals.- Materials for Piezotronics and Piezo-phototronics.- Piezopotential in Wurtzite Semiconductors.- Basic Theory of Piezotronics.- Piezotronic Transistors and Arrays.- Piezotronic Logic Circuits and Memories.- Piezotronic Effect on Gas, Chemical and Biological Nanosensors.

Prof. Zhong Lin Wang is the Hightower Chair in Materials Science and Engineering and Regents' Professor at Georgia Tech. He is also the chief scientist and director of the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His discovery and breakthroughs in developing nanogenerators establish the principle and technological road map for harvesting mechanical energy from environment and biological systems for powering a personal electronics. His research on self-powered nanosystems has inspired the worldwide effort in academia and industry for studying energy for micro-nano-systems, which is now a distinct disciplinary in energy research and future sensor networks. Prof. Wang received 2014 World Technology Prize in Materials; 2014 the James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials from America Physical Society, 2013 ACS Nano Lectureship award, 2012 Edward Orton Memorial Lecture Award and 2009 Purdy Award from American Ceramic Society, 2011 MRS Medal fromthe Materials Research Society, 1999 Burton Medal from Microscopy Society of America. Dr. Long Lin is a postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University, China in 2010 and his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech in 2015 under the supervision of Prof. Zhong Lin Wang. His research interests include synthesis of semiconductor nanomaterials, piezoelectric nanogenerators, triboelectric nanogenerators, self-powered systems, and active sensors. He has co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed journal publications on Nature, Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, Energy & Environmental Science, etc. His work has been cited over 2000 times by scientists in the field of nanomaterials and energy technology. Dr. Lin received the 2013 Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award, and the 2015 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad. Jun Chen received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the School of Electronic Information and Communications at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2007 and 2010, respectively, and a second M.S. in Biological Engineering from the College of Engineering at The University of Georgia in 2012. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at The Georgia Institute of Technology, working under the supervision of Prof. Zhong Lin Wang. His research focuses primarily on nanomaterial-based energy harvesting, energy storage, active sensing and self-powered micro-/nano-systems. He has already published 58 papers in total and 30 of them as first-author in prestigious scientific journals, such asNature Communications, Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, ACS Nano et al. And still, he filed 8 US patents and 15 Chinese patents. His research on triboelectric nanogenerators has been reported by worldwide mainstream media over 400 timesin total, includingNature, PBS, The Wall Street Journal , Washington Times, Scientific American,NewScientist, Phys.org, ScienceDaily, Newsweek, and so on. Jun also received the 2015 Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award, and the 2016 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad. His current H-index is 25. Simiao Niu is a Ph.D. candidate working as a graduate research assistant in Material Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, under the supervision of Dr. Zhong Lin Wang. He earned his Master of Science degree in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2015 and Bachelor of Engineering degree in the Institute of Microelectronics at Tsinghua University in 2011. His doctoral research interests include theoretical and experimental studies on: mechanical energy harvesting by triboelectric nanogenerators and high-performance piezotronic sensors based on piezoelectric nanowires. He has co-authored over 47 peer-reviewed journal

Co-authored by the discoverer of the piezotronic effect, this book is a fundamental and comprehensive survey of piezotronics and piezo-phototronics. Piezotronics is a term broadly applied to devices fabricated using the piezopotential as a “gate” voltage to tune/control charge carrier transport at a contact or junction. The piezo-phototronic effect describes the use of the piezopotential to control the carrier generation, transport, separation and/or recombination for improving the performance of optoelectronic devices. The book first introduces the theory of the piezotronic effect and its applications in transistors, sensors, and catalysis. Subsequent chapters comprehensively cover the fundamentals of the piezo-phototronic effect and its impacts on photon sensors, solar cells, and LEDs.
The updated and significantly expanded second edition covers the most recent advances and breakthroughs in this field over the last decade — gas, chemical, and biological nanosensors; quantumdots, wells, and wires; piezocatalysis; the piezo-photonic effect; and the pyro-phototronic effect. This seminal book serves as a basic text for scientists and students in the field of piezotronic devices and third-generation semiconductors.

Covers most recent breakthroughs such as nanosensors, piezocatalysis, and the pyro-phototronic effect Gives a survey of the basics and applications of piezotronics and piezo-phototronics Is co-authored by the discoverer of the piezotronic effect