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Newsletter, Volume 6

Publications in Journals,
Conference proceedings and

Workshops

Prof. A. Tagliaferro and Prof. C. Charitidis,
Guest editors in Micromachines Journal

Special Issue:
Carbon Based Electronic Devices

For more than 50 years, silicon has dominated new applications of electronic devices, due to
the electronics industry. However, this growth their unique thermal and electrical properties.
will come to an end, due to resources limita- However, the success of carbon-based electron-
tions. Thus, research developments need to fo- ics depends on the rapid progress of the fabrica-
cus to alternative materials, with higher perfor- tion, doping and manipulation techniques. In
mance and better functionality. Current re- this Special Issue, we focus on both insights and
search achievements have indicated that carbon advancements in carbon-based electronics. We
is one of the promising candidates for its exploi- will also cover various topics ranging from syn-
tation in the electronics industry. Whereas the thesis, functionalisation, and characterisation of
physical properties of graphite and diamond carbon-based materials, for their use in elec-
have been investigated for many years, the po- tronic devices, including advanced manufactur-
tential for electronic applications of other allo- ing techniques, such as 3D printing, ink-jet print-
tropes of carbon (fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, ing, spray-gun technique, etc.
carbon nanofibres, carbon films, carbon balls
and beads, carbon fibers, etc), has only been ap-
preciated relatively recently. Carbon-based ma-
terials offer a number of exciting possibilities for

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