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Organic/inorganic electronic materials: progress, synergic combinations and functional shapes
This web focus features a selection of articles on recent developments in organic and inorganic electronic materials. The focus covers recent progress in organic conductors and semiconductors, combinations and composites of organic and inorganic nanomaterials for stretchable and flexible electronic devices, the shape control of semiconducting nanomaterials for advanced functionality.
Progress
Highly conductive and stretchable conductors fabricated from bacterial cellulose Open
Hai–Wei Liang, Qing–Fang Guan, Zhu–Zhu, Lu–Ting Song, Hong–Bin Yao, Xuan Lei and Shu–Hong Yu
NPG Asia Materials (2012) 4, e19; doi:10.1038/am.2012.34
Tuning charge transport in solution-sheared organic semiconductors using lattice strain
Gaurav Giri, Eric Verploegen, Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld, Sule Atahan–Evrenk, Do Hwan Kim, Sang Yoon Lee, Hector A. Becerril, Ala´n Aspuru–Guzik, Michael F. Toney & Zhenan Bao
Nature 480 (2011) 504
Synergic combinations
Inorganic semiconductor nanomaterials for flexible and stretchable bio-integrated electronics Open
Dae–Hyeong Kim, Nanshu Lu, Roozbeh Ghaffari and John A Roger
NPG Asia Materials (2012) 4, e15; doi:10.1038/am.2012.27
Forming nanomaterials as layered functional structures toward materials nanoarchitectonics Open
Katsuhiko Ariga, Qingmin Ji, Jonathan P Hill, Yoshio Bando and Masakazu Aono
NPG Asia Materials (2012) 4, e17; doi:10.1038/am.2012.30
Electrical memory devices based on inorganic/organic nanocomposites Open
Tae Whan Kim, Yang Yang, Fushan Li and Wei Lek Kwan
NPG Asia Materials (2012) 4, e18; doi:10.1038/am.2012.32
Functional shapes
Bifunctional ITO layer with a high resolution, surface nano-pattern for alignment and switching of LCs in device applications Open
Hyeon Su Jeong, Hwan–Jin Jeon, Yun Ho Kim, Moon Bee Oh, Pankaj Kumar, Shin–Woong Kang and Hee–Tae Jung
NPG Asia Materials (2012) 4, e7; doi:10.1038/am.2012.12
Topotactically synthesized ultralong LiV3O8 nanowire cathode materials for high-rate and long-life rechargeable lithium batteries Open
Xu Xu, Yan–Zhu Luo, Li–Qiang Mai, Yun–Long Zhao, Qin–You An, Lin Xu, Fan Hu, Lei Zhang and Qing–Jie Zhang
NPG Asia Materials (2012) 4, e20; doi:10.1038/am.2012.36