Pedro Barquinha & Rodrigo Martins 
Transparent Oxide Electronics 
From Materials to Devices

Transparent electronics is emerging as one of the most promising
technologies for the next generation of electronic products, away
from the traditional silicon technology. It is essential for touch
display panels, solar cells, LEDs and antistatic coatings.



The book describes the concept of transparent electronics,
passive and active oxide semiconductors, multicomponent dielectrics
and their importance for a new era of novel electronic materials
and products. This is followed by a short history of transistors,
and how oxides have revolutionized this field. It concludes with a
glance at low-cost, disposable and lightweight devices for the next
generation of ergonomic and functional discrete devices. Chapters
cover:

* Properties and applications of n-type oxide semiconductors

* P-type conductors and semiconductors, including copper oxide
and tin monoxide

* Low-temperature processed dielectrics

* n and p-type thin film transistors (TFTs) – structure,
physics and brief history

* Paper electronics – Paper transistors, paper memories and
paper batteries

* Applications of oxide TFTs – transparent circuits, active
matrices for displays and biosensors

Written by a team of renowned world experts, Transparent
Oxide Electronics: From Materials to Devices gives an overview
of the world of transparent electronics, and showcases
groundbreaking work on paper transistors

About the author

Elvira Fortunato is Associate Professor and Director of Institute for Nanotechnologies, Nanomaterials and Nanosciences at the New University of Lisbon. She is one of the inventors of paper transistors and paper memory and was one of the pioneers of European research on thin-film transistors based on oxide semiconductors. She has been Associate Editor of Rapid Research Letters Physica Status Solidi since November 2006 and is the recipient of several awards, including the award for Scientific Excellence from the Portuguese Science Foundation (2005). She is the author of more than 200 papers and has been an invited speaker at MRS, E-MRS and NAIST. Coauthors at CENIMAT, New University of Lisbon: Rodrigo Ferrão de Paiva Martins, Luís Pereira, Pedro Barquinha.