Abstract

The electronic, electro-optic and magnetic materials have undergone a major transformation from the technology advancement and the accelerated demand by the manufacture industry. Technically, the Moore’s law prediction of the computing power on a chip doubled in 18 months has been realized for decades through technology innovations without exception. On the demand side, the need of increased functionality and the speed of operation/complexity have opened new frontier and challenge again and again to the materials and devices manufacturing community. This talk will introduce the concept of so called “innovation through cross-discipline research” for taking the technology advancement to the next level for achieving a better fundamental understanding of the electronic, electro-optic and magnetic material’s utilization. With this concept, one will be able not only to advance the manufacturing sciences but also to take the materials and devices manufacturing industry to the next level to meet the future demand. The US Material Genome Initiative (MGI) will be presented in this context. Specifically, the approach and challenge of innovation through cross-discipline research will be presented to demonstrate the feasibility of achieving major advancement in both fundamental science understanding and capability enhancement. Because of the maturity of the life sciences, nanotechnology and the advancement computing capability for large-scale modeling and simulation, this is the opportune time to take on these challenges. With it, we will not only have the most effective manufacturing process but also have the devices/systems performance otherwise unrealizable. Specific examples will be given to illustrate the approaches and benefits from inspired and fostered innovations in electronic, electro-optics and magnetic materials and devises development.

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