Advances in Emerging Materials in Electronics, Energy, and Biotechnology

In this volume, an international team of experts in the field of advanced materials provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging technologies and their manufacturing processes, characterization techniques, properties, and applications in various fields and industries. The book provides a comprehensive overview of emerging materials, including MXenes, 2D magnets, nanostructured soft materials, and graphene-based nanocomposites. It covers principles, properties, fabrication methods, including solution-based techniques, self-assembly, and advanced synthesis, as well as characterization techniques. Experts explain how to evaluate the properties and applications of these materials. The book highlights applications in energy, electronics, medicine, and the environment, and encourages innovation and exploration in research and industry. This knowledge enables readers to apply fabrication techniques, evaluate the suitability of materials, and contribute to technological advances that address global challenges. The combination of fundamental information and practical guidance on fabrication and characterization makes this book indispensable for scientists, engineers, and researchers in fields such as energy, electronics, medicine, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and environmental science. Students will also find it valuable for pursuing careers in research or industry.

Sungkyu Seo received his B.S. degree from Korea University (Seoul, Korea) in 1998 and his Ph.D. degree from Texas A&M University (TX, USA) in 2007, both in electrical engineering. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA in California, USA, he has been a professor in the Department of Electronics and Information Engineering at Korea University (Sejong, Korea) since 2009. His current research interests include biophotonics, nano-optics, and MEMS/NEMS. Sachin Gupta is an associate professor in the Department of Physics at Bennett University, Greater Noida, India. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in 2007 and 2009, respectively, from MJP Rohilkhand Uni. Bareilly, India, and his Ph.D in 2015 from IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India. Samir Kumar is a research professor at the Nano Biophotonics Lab, Korea University (Sejong, Korea). He received his M.Sc. from the University of Kalyani, India, in 2009, followed by an M.Tech. from the National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, India, in 2012. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, in 2017. Chandra Shakher Pathak is an assistant professor of Physics at BMS Institute of Technology and Management Bengaluru and received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He subsequently worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, and Chungnam National University, South Korea.

Section I: Emerging Materials in Electronics 1. Novel Heusler Materials for Spintronics: Growth, Characterizations, and Applications 2. Recent Advances in Magnetic Materials for Spintronic Device Applications 3. 2D Van der Waals Magnetic Materials: Synthesis, Physics and Applications 4. Weyl and Dirac Semimetals for Thermoelectric Applications Section II: Emerging Materials in Energy 5. Recent Developments in Fabrication Techniques for Perovskite Solar Modules 6. Perovskite Solar Cells: Stability, Degradation Mechanisms, Commercialization Challenges, and Future Directions 7. Plasmonics in Energy Conversion: Solar Cells and Photocatalysis 8. Emerging Spintronic Materials for Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting and Sensing 9. Polycrystalline Yttrium Iron Garnet for Spin Seebeck Energy Harvesting 10. Advanced Materials and Sustainable Technologies for Super Capacitors 11. Enhanced Photodetection Characteristics of Metal-Doped Lead Halide Perovskites Section III: Emerging Materials in Biotechnology 12. Design Principles and Fabrication Techniques for Plasmonics and Metamaterials 13. Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering for Biosensing Applications Using Plasmonic Metasurfaces 14. 2D Materials in Chemical Sensing: Current Progress and Future Challenges 15. Recent Developments of MXenes for Various Biomedical Applications 16. Graphene-Based Nanocomposites and Their Applications 17. Metamaterials for Biomedical Applications 18. Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Pegylated Gold Nanoparticles: Advancements in Biomedical Sensing Section IV: Advanced Fabrication and Characterization Techniques 19. Fabrication and Characterization of Crystalline Ternary Metal Oxide Nanostructured Materials 20. Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Oxide Nanostructures for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation 21. Polymer Doping via Vapor Phase Infiltration