Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
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The Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics is a peer-reviewed
scientific journal
published by Springer Science+Business Media
. It is an offshoot of the Journal of Materials Science
focusing specifically on electronic
materials.
and their applications in modern electronics
, fulfilling a niche between fundamental science
, such as semiconductor physics
, and work concerned specifically with applications. It explores the growth and preparation of new materials, as well as their processing, fabrication, bonding and encapsulation, together with the reliability, failure analysis
, quality assurance
, and characterization related to the whole range of applications in electronics. The journal presents papers in newly developing fields such as low dimensional structures and devices, optoelectronics
including III-V compounds, glasses and linear/non-linear crystal
materials and laser
s, high Tc superconductor
s, conducting polymer
s, thick film materials and new contact technologies, as well as the established electronics device and circuit materials.
) from May 1990. This frequency was changed to six issues per year from 1994 to 1998, and then nine issues per year from 1999 to 2000. From 2001, the journal has been published monthly.
, UK).
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scientific journal
Scientific journal
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published by Springer Science+Business Media
Springer Science+Business Media
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. It is an offshoot of the Journal of Materials Science
Journal of Materials Science
Journal of Materials Science is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal dedicated to materials science. Founded in 1966 by Robert W. Cahn, the journal is published bi-monthly by Springer...
focusing specifically on electronic
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
materials.
Subjects covered
The journal publishes papers on materialsMaterials science
Materials science is an interdisciplinary field applying the properties of matter to various areas of science and engineering. This scientific field investigates the relationship between the structure of materials at atomic or molecular scales and their macroscopic properties. It incorporates...
and their applications in modern electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
, fulfilling a niche between fundamental science
Fundamental science
Fundamental science is science that describes the most basic objects, forces, relations between them and laws governing them, such that all other phenomena may be in principle derived from them following the logic of scientific reductionism. Biology, chemistry and physics are fundamental sciences;...
, such as semiconductor physics
Semiconductor
A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter...
, and work concerned specifically with applications. It explores the growth and preparation of new materials, as well as their processing, fabrication, bonding and encapsulation, together with the reliability, failure analysis
Failure analysis
Failure analysis is the process of collecting and analyzing data to determine the cause of a failure. It is an important discipline in many branches of manufacturing industry, such as the electronics industry, where it is a vital tool used in the development of new products and for the improvement...
, quality assurance
Quality Assurance
Quality assurance, or QA for short, is the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service or facility to maximize the probability that minimum standards of quality are being attained by the production process...
, and characterization related to the whole range of applications in electronics. The journal presents papers in newly developing fields such as low dimensional structures and devices, optoelectronics
Optoelectronics
Optoelectronics is the study and application of electronic devices that source, detect and control light, usually considered a sub-field of photonics. In this context, light often includes invisible forms of radiation such as gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet and infrared, in addition to visible light...
including III-V compounds, glasses and linear/non-linear crystal
Crystal
A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituent atoms, molecules, or ions are arranged in an orderly repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions. The scientific study of crystals and crystal formation is known as crystallography...
materials and laser
Laser
A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...
s, high Tc superconductor
Superconductivity
Superconductivity is a phenomenon of exactly zero electrical resistance occurring in certain materials below a characteristic temperature. It was discovered by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes on April 8, 1911 in Leiden. Like ferromagnetism and atomic spectral lines, superconductivity is a quantum...
s, conducting polymer
Polymer
A polymer is a large molecule composed of repeating structural units. These subunits are typically connected by covalent chemical bonds...
s, thick film materials and new contact technologies, as well as the established electronics device and circuit materials.
History
This journal was originally published quarterly by Chapman & Hall (LondonLondon
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) from May 1990. This frequency was changed to six issues per year from 1994 to 1998, and then nine issues per year from 1999 to 2000. From 2001, the journal has been published monthly.
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Editor-in-Chief
The editor-in-chief of the journal is Arthur F.W. Willoughby (Southampton UniversityUniversity of Southampton
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, UK).
See also
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