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Rafael Vargas-Bernal received his DSc in Electronic Engineering from the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE), Tonantzintla, Puebla, Mexico, in 2000. He was associate professor in the Department of Electronics Engineering from 2002 to 2010, and since 2010 he has held the same position in the Materials Engineering Department at the Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Irapuato (ITESI), Irapuato,

Guanajuato, Mexico. He is a level-1 researcher of the National System of Researchers from Mexico. He also belongs to the Advanced Materials Applied to Engineering research group called and has PRODEP (Program for the Professional Development of Teachers) desirable profile. He has been a reviewer for journals for RSC, Elsevier, and IEEE. He has published thirtten articles in indexed journals and thirty book chapters. His areas of interest are nanomaterials, two-dimensional materials, graphene, composites, biosensors, and gas sensors.

Prof. Peng He is the Duty Director of the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, China. He has been an Executive Member of the ISO-Welding Standard Committee from 2014 and has been an Executive Member of the International Materials Science & Joining Technologies Committee from 2012. Up to now, he has written 292 papers and 7 books, developed 39 patents, and received 13 awards in materials science. He is currently

researching materials processing, micro-joining, and reliability.

Dr. Zhang has been a lecturer at State Key Lab of Advanced Welding and Joining since 2017. He is focusing on novel and advanced materials for nanofabrication and nanodevices. He has published forty SCI&EI indexed papers, including ten IEEE conference papers, in IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, and

Advanced Materials. Dr. Zhang is the session chair of IEEE NANO 2019 and co-session chair of IEEE 3M NANO 2018 and 2019.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Rafael Vargas-Bernal*

Vapor Deposition

**Section 2**

Hybrid Ion Exchangers *by Amita Somya*

*and Shubham Dadhich*

**Preface XI**

Hybrid Nanomaterials **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 27**

**Chapter 4 47**

Flexible Electronics **65**

**Chapter 5 67**

**Chapter 6 83**

**Chapter 7 99**

Synthesis of Three-Dimensional Nanocarbon Hybrids by Chemical

Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives for Flexible Display Applications *by Tae-Hyung Lee, Ji-Soo Kim, Jung-Hun Lee and Hyun-Joong Kim*

Numerical Simulation and Compact Modeling of Thin Film

Smart Manufacturing Technologies for Printed Electronics

*by Saleem Khan, Shawkat Ali and Amine Bermak*

*by Arun Dev Dhar Dwivedi, Sushil Kumar Jain, Rajeev Dhar Dwivedi* 

Transistors for Future Flexible Electronics

Introductory Chapter: Hybrid Nanomaterials

Electronic Transport in Few-Layer Black Phosphorus *by Gen Long, Xiaolong Chen, Shuigang Xu and Ning Wang*

*by Hua-Fei Li, Shuguang Deng and Gui-Ping Dai*

## Contents


#### **Chapter 8 121**

Plastic Inorganic Semiconductors for Flexible Electronics *by Tian-Ran Wei, Heyang Chen, Xun Shi and Lidong Chen*

Preface

Two of the hottest research topics today are hybrid nanomaterials and flexible electronics. Both depend on advances in materials engineering that researchers make at theoretical, modeled, and experimental levels. This book covers some of the advances made in the last decade regarding engineering materials and their

This book presents different research works dedicated to the study of hybrid nanomaterials and materials for flexible electronics developed by researchers around

The book is divided into two parts, with Chapters 1 to 4 belonging to the first part on "Hybrid Nanomaterials," and Chapters 5 to 8 belonging to the second part on

In Chapter 1, "Introductory Chapter: Hybrid Nanomaterials" by Rafael Vargas-Bernal, the author presents an updated introduction to hybrid nanomaterials and their recent advances from this decade. Although many publications have been developed by researchers around the world, the extraordinary physical and chemical properties of these types of materials, as well as the products derived from them,

In Chapter 2 "Electronic Transport in Few-Layer Black Phosphorus" by Gen Long, Xiaolong Chen, Shuigang Xu, and Ning Wang, the authors analyze the electron transport properties of phosphorene with few layers through the Landau level model, two-dimensional limit, magnetoresistance, and Hall quantum effects such as Shubnikov-de Hass (SdH) oscillations. This study exemplifies its application for

In Chapter 3 "Synthesis of Three-Dimensional Nanocarbon Hybrids by Chemical Vapor Deposition" by Hua-Fei Li, Shuguang Deng, and Gui-Ping Dai, the authors highlight the synthesis, unique properties, and applications of three-dimensional nanocarbon hybrids synthesized using deposition of chemical vapor in the field of electronics. These materials have advantages over other types of carbon-based

In Chapter 4 "Hybrid Ion Exchangers" by Amita Somya, the author discusses the advantages of metal phosphate-based hybrid ion exchangers using surfactants or surface-active agents. These allow an increase in ion exchange capacity for industrial and environmental applications such as water pollution control. Furthermore, the author also examines the physical and chemical properties of these materials.

In Chapter 5 "Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives for Flexible Display Applications" by Tae-Hyung Lee, Ji-Soo Kim, Jung-Hun Lee, and Hyun-Joong Kim, the authors discuss the development and performance of electronic systems that require the use of pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSA) and optically clear adhesives (OCA). These adhesives, in addition to providing mechanical fastening, must have multiple

the design of a phosphorene-based field effect transistor (FET).

applications, particularly in the area of electronics.

will continue to amaze us in this century.

the world.

'Flexible Electronics."

nanomaterials.
