Transparent electronics is emerging as one of the most promising technologies for the next generation of electronic products, away from the traditional silicon technology. It is essential for touch display panels, solar cells, LEDs and antistatic coatings.

The book describes the concept of transparent electronics, passive and active oxide semiconductors, multicomponent dielectrics and their importance for a new era of novel electronic materials and products. This is followed by a short history of transistors, and how oxides have revolutionized this field. It concludes with a glance at low-cost, disposable and lightweight devices for the next generation of ergonomic and functional discrete devices. Chapters cover:

• Properties and applications of n-type oxide semiconductors
• P-type conductors and semiconductors, including copper oxide and tin monoxide
• Low-temperature processed dielectrics
• n and p-type thin film transistors (TFTs) - structure, physics and brief history
• Paper electronics - Paper transistors, paper memories and paper batteries
• Applications of oxide TFTs - transparent circuits, active matrices for displays and biosensors

Written by a team of renowned world experts, Transparent Oxide Electronics: From Materials to Devices gives an overview of the world of transparent electronics, and showcases groundbreaking work on paper transistors

About the Author

Elvira Fortunato is Associate Professor and Director of Institute for Nanotechnologies, Nanomaterials and Nanosciences at the New University of Lisbon. She is one of the inventors of paper transistors and paper memory and was one of the pioneers of European research on thin-film transistors based on oxide semiconductors. She has been Associate Editor of Rapid Research Letters Physica Status Solidi since November 2006 and is the recipient of several awards, including the award for Scientific Excellence from the Portuguese Science Foundation (2005). She is the author of more than 200 papers and has been an invited speaker at MRS, E-MRS and NAIST. Coauthors at CENIMAT, New University of Lisbon: Rodrigo Ferrao de Paiva Martins, Luis Pereira, Pedro Barquinha.

Book Information
ISBN 9780470683736
Author Pedro Barquinha
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 671g
Dimensions(mm) 252mm * 175mm * 21mm