The publication of the first Issue of Advanced Device Materials in January 2015 has sparked a great interest in the community of materials and device scientists, and our papers have so far received nearly 2000 downloads, mainly from China, USA and UK. This confirms the need for a journal devoted to this strategic interface between materials engineering, device design and elaboration, in a strongly interdisciplinary spirit with a wide variety of materials and applications.
This second issue is more focused on electronic and optical properties of materials and devices at the micro- and nanoscales. Lucia Petti'sCitation1 paper reports on the elaboration and characterization of plasmonic quasi-crystals with octagonal symmetry, with promising perspectives in the domain of chemical sensors using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), an enhancement factor higher than 107 being reported in the present case. In the other articles, organic compounds are shown to play a crucial role in enhancing the performances of electronic and photonic devices. The paper by Dattaray LateCitation2 reports novel developments in the domain of graphene-based transistors, showing that the graphene Fermi energy level can be accurately controlled by adding suitable molecular dopants, resulting, in a nano-transistor based on a p-type graphene semi-conductor material.
The role of organic molecules in the improvement of photonic devices is highlighted in this issue. Jean-Michel NunziCitation3 has demonstrated a significant improvement in the open circuit voltage of a photovoltaic component, by incorporating functionalized single wall carbon nanotubes in an organic bulk heterojunction solar cell. In Francesco Scotognella'sCitation4 paper, a tuneable solid-state chemiluminescence source has been elaborated by triggering the chemiluminescent reaction in one-dimensional photonic crystals infiltrated by the reactive species, opening the way to the fabrication of disposable, low-cost, light-emitting chips. Last but not least, Jaroslaw MisliwiecCitation5 combined bio-polymeric host materials with the Rhodamine 6G laser dye, resulting in the formation of dye aggregates and subsequent random laser emission and amplification in the visible range, with the additional advantage of a significant tuneability of the laser wavelength.
We hope that the forthcoming issues will address complementary topics, in order to offer our readers a wide coverage of materials and devices according to the goals of this journal.
Professor Isabelle Ledoux-Rak
Editor-in-Chief
References
- Petti L., Rippa M., Capasso R., Zhou J., Maglione M. G., Pannico M., La Manna P. and Musto P.: Adv. Device Mater., 2015, 2, 47–51.
- Late D. J.: Adv. Device Mater., 2015, 2, 52–58.
- Derbal-Habak H., Bergeret C., Cousseau J. and Nunzi J.: Adv. Device Mater., 2015, 2, 59–64.
- Varo S., Criante L., Passoni L., Dalle Vedove A., Aluicio-Sarduy E., Di Fonzo F., Lanzani G. and Scotognella F.: Adv. Device Mater., 2015, 2, 65–68.
- Cyprych K., Kopczyńska Z., Kajzar F., Rau I. and Mysliwiec J.: Adv. Device Mater., 2015, 2, 69–73.