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2022 IEEE NTC Forum on Nanotechnology Focus – Nanotechnology for Soft Electronics

Tuesday, March 7th, 2023

2022 IEEE NTC Forum on Nanotechnology Focus – Nanotechnology for Soft Electronics

By Yong Zhu, Cunjiang Yu, and Xiaoning Jiang

The 2022 NTC Forum on Nanotechnology Focus was held on Dec. 7-8, 2022 in StateView Hotel, Raleigh, NC, with Dr. Yong Zhu at NC State and Dr. Cunjiang Yu at Penn State as Co-Chairs. The 2022 NTC Forum topic was identified as “Nanotechnology for Soft Electronics”, considering that soft electronics has been emerging rapidly as one of the future directions for electronic devices while nanotechnology has been playing a critical role in this emerging field.

Total 13 invited speakers presented their recent findings and future perspectives of soft electronics during the 1.5-day 2022 NTC Forum. One plenary talk and 12 invited presentations were given at 3 sessions. The Plenary presentation title and speaker are:

  • Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Bioelectronic Medicines, by John Rogers, Northwestern University

Front row: Aaron Franklin, Cunjiang Yu, Xiaoyu Ni, John Rogers, Tse Nga (Tina) Ng, Sungwoo Nam, Wenzhuo Wu. Back row: Xiaoning Jiang, Wynn Legon, Wubin Bai, Yong Zhu (L to R).

 

The invited presentation titles and speakers are:

  • 3D curvy electronics based on conformal additive stamp printing, by Cunjiang Yu, Penn State University
  • High-Speed Fabrication of Organometallic Halide Perovskite Optoelectronic Devices on Ubiquitous Substrates Using Printing or Handwriting, by Chuan Wang, Washington University at St. Louis
  • Carbon nanomaterials-based wearable and implantable sensors and energy devices for broad healthcare applications, by Amay Bandodkar, NC State University
  • Hybrid nanomanufacturing of self-powered human-integrated sensors, by Wenzhuo Wu, Purdue University
  • Metal Nanowire based Soft Electronics: Material, Mechanical Design and Manufacturing, by Yong Zhu, NC State University
  • Emerging Designs for Organic Infrared Photodetectors and Energy Storage, by Tse Nga (Tina) Ng, UC San Diego
  • Deformable electronics based on strain-engineered van der Waals materials, by Sungwoo Nam, UC Irvine
  • Opportunities for nanotechnology in therapeutic ultrasound?, by Wynn Legon, Virginia Tech
  • Nanotechnology enabled flexible ultrasound transducers, by Xiaoning Jiang, NC State University
  • A dynamically reprogrammable surface with self-evolving shape morphing, by Xiaoyue Ni, Duke University
  • Print-in-place and Recyclable Electronics from Nanomaterials, by Aaron Franklin, Duke University
  • Morphable Electronic Systems via Deterministic Microfolding, by Wubin Bai, UNC Chapel Hill

 

Professor John Rogers is delivering the plenary presentation.

 

During a panel discussion.

 

Three panel discussions were centered on the role of nanotechnology in soft electronics, history, current status and future perspectives of soft electronics.

The 2022 NTC Forum participants decided to organize a special symposium at IEEE NANO 2023, and to consider establishing a new NTC TC on nanotechnology for soft electronics.

 

Fourth Meeting of the NTC Technical Committee on Emerging Plasma Nanotechnologies

Sunday, January 22nd, 2023

The Technical Committee on Emerging Plasma Nanotechnologies of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council will hold its fourth online workshop Wed Feb 8th 2023, at 5:00-7:00 pm CET, Paris time zone, (which will be at 8:00 am PST (Bay Area), 10:00 am CST (Chicago), 11:00 am EST (NYC), 1:00 am(+1day) JST). It will be virtual with a very exciting program with speakers either from academia and attendees from academia, national laboratories and industry. Attendance is free but registration is necessary.  Use the form below.

This time we have a diverse set of topics spanning biomedical plasma technology to the simulation of charged particle interactions with surfaces. Our speaker lineup includes:

  • Prof. Andrew Gibson (Ruhr University)  “Chemical kinetics in atmospheric pressure plasmas: implications for biomedicine and materials processing”
  • Prof. Steve Shannon (NCSU)  “Ion-material interactions for critical etch processes”
  • Xiuyao Lang, Youhwan Jo, and Prof. KJ Cho (University of Texas at Dallas) “TDDFT study of excited electron dynamics and MD study of ion collisions with surface for plasma nanotechnology”

Agenda: Talks 30 min + 5 min for questions

  • Welcome 17:00-17:05 CET 2/8 [1:00 am-1:05 JST 2/9, 10:00am-10:05  CDT 2/8]
  • Prof. Gibson 17:05-17:40 CET 2/8 [1:05-1:40 JST, 10:05-10:40  CDT]
  • Prof. Shannon 17:40-18:15 CET 2/8 [1:40-2:15 JST, 10:40-11:15  CDT]
  • Lang, Jo and Cho 18:15 – 18:50 CET 2/8  [2:15-2:50 JST, 11:15-11:50  CDT]

Organizers:
Dr. Peter Ventzek
Prof. Uros Cvelbar
Dr. Kremena Makasheva
Committee Chair: Prof. Seiji Samukawa

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    2022 IEEE NTC Technical Activities Workshops

    Friday, December 16th, 2022

    2022 IEEE NTC Technical Activities Workshops (TAW)

    by Xiaoning Jiang, Kremena Makasheva, Weiqiang Liu, and Edward Perkins

    The goal of NTC TAW initiative is to establish a mentoring/training program that will support TC chairs and society representatives to be more effectively involved in and support NTC technical activities (TAs) at the end of the long COVID-19 pandemic that has caused numerous challenges in NTC technical activities. The IEEE NTC TAW initiative was approved by NTC in 2022 and NTC TAWs were scheduled for 2022 and 2023, with the expectation that all NTC TC chairs and member society representatives can attend at least one TAW during their TC chair or society representative terms. Dr. Xiaoning Jiang, VP TA, Dr. Kremena Makasheva, past VP TA and VP-elect Conference, and Dr. Weiqiang Liu, VP-elect TA were the key organizers for 2022 NTC TAWs.

    The first NTC TAW was held on Nov. 3-4, 2022, Espaces Vanel, Toulouse, France, with Dr. Kremena Makasheva as Local Chair. 5 NTC TC chairs/TC chair representatives, 6 NTC member society representatives, 7 NTC Officers, the NTC Secretary, 3 Standing Committees Chairs and 3 EICs (16 in-person participants, and 8 recorded and remote presenters) attended the 2022 IEEE NTC TAW-Toulouse.

    All present TC chairs or TC chair representatives (Dr. Xiaogan Liang (TC03 Nanofabrication), Dr. Inkyu Park (TC07 Nanosensors and Nanoactuators), Dr. Roza Kotlyar (TC10 Modeling and Simulation), Dr. Dustin Allen Gilbert (TC12 Nanomagnetics), and Dr. James B. Spicer (TC15 Nano-acoustic devices, Proc. and Materials) and member society representatives (Dr. Juan Ren (CS), Dr. Kremena Makasheva (DEIS), Dr. Val Novosad (MAG), Dr. Luca Pierantoni (MTT), Dr. John P. Verbencoeur (NPS), Dr. Weidong Zhou (IPS)) introduced themselves at the beginning of the workshop, as well as the TCs and member societies.

    Lectures were then given by the NTC President (Dr. Fabrizio Lombardi, remote), Past President (Dr. James Morris, remote), VP Finances (Dr. Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske, remote), VP for Conference (Dr. Jin-Woo Kim, in-person), VP for Educational Activities (Dr. Lixin Dong, recorded and Dr. James Spicer, in-person for TryNANO), VP for Technical Activities (Dr. Xiaoning Jiang, in-person), VP for Publications (Dr. Supriyo Bandyopadhyay (with Kremena’s in-person introduction)), Secretary (Mr. Ed Perkins, in-person), EICs of NTC publications (Dr. Sorin Cotofana, in-person for TNANO, Dr. Jin-Woo Kim, in-person for OJ NANO, Dr. Bing Sheu for INM (presented by Dr. Xiaoning Jiang)), NTC conference general chairs (Dr. Jin-Woo Kim for NANO 2023), Chair for NTC YPs Committee (Dr. Rafal Sliz, remote), Chair for NTC Chapters (Dr. Lan Fu, recorded), and Chair for NTC Standards Committee (Mr. Tyler Jaynes, in-person).

    Through these presentations, the TC chairs and member society representatives were able to understand better the NTC Technical Activities associated with TCs and member societies. Discussions were centered around the needs for technical activities from TCs and member societies, the gap between the needs and the support the TCs can provide, and how to bridge the gap so that more impactful NTC TAs can be resulted for sustainable NTC growth.

    On Nov. 17, 2022, the NTC TAW-Nanjing was held in Zhenbao Holiday Hotel in Nanjing, China. The workshop was chaired by Dr. Weiqiang Liu, NTC VP-Elect for Technical Activities and co-organized by Dr. Xiaoning Jiang, NTC VP for Technical Activities and Dr. Kremena Makasheva, NTC VP-Elect for Conferences. The workshop included two sessions. In the morning session, the current NTC officers presented an overview of NTC, starting with a general description by Mr. Edward G. Perkins (NTC Secretary, remote), and followed by VP for Conferences (Dr. Jin-Woo Kim, remote), VP Technical Activities (Dr. Xiaoning Jiang, remote), VP for Educational Activities (Dr. Lixin Dong, remote), VP for Publications (Dr. Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, recorded), VP Finance (Dr. Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske, recorded), and the NTC chapters (Dr. Lan Fu, recorded).

    In the afternoon session, the chairs of TC02 Nano-biomedicine (Dr. Haibo Yu), TC09 Nano-Metrology and Characterization (Dr. Peng Li), TC13 Nano Energy, Environment and Safety (Dr. Zhan Yang), TC14 Nanoscale communications (Dr. Lin Lin) introduced their TCs in terms of the TC organization, the technical and educational activities. Then, the society representatives including Communications Society (Dr. Lingyang Song), Industrial Electronics Society (Dr. Yunjia Li), Computer Society (Dr. Weiqiang Liu) presented the overview of their societies. The general chair of IEEE NMDC 2022, Dr. Li Tao presented the preparation process of the conference and shared the experience on organizing a NTC conference. The EiC of NTC e-Newsletter, Dr. Ke Chen introduced the newsletter and related social medias.

    After all presentations, the attendees discussed some emerging topics for the coming NTC conference and publications. It was also suggested to form a multimedia team to manage all the NTC social media. It is expected to have a tightly coupled NTC ecology based on active TCs and Chapters to supports the NTC conferences, publications and educational activities.

    The 2023 IEEE NTC TAW is being planned to be in conjunction with IEEE NANO 2023 in Jeju, Korea. TC chairs and member society representatives who missed the 2022 TAWs are warmly welcome to attend 2023 TAW.

    The short-term outcome of NTC TAWs can be measured by increasing the number and the attendance of special sessions for NTC conferences such as NANO 2023, NMDC 2023, NANO 2024 and NMDC 2024, and special issues for NTC journals and magazine. The long-term outcome will be measured by more impactful TAs associated with NTC educational activities, publication and conferences and the sustainable growth of NTC, keeping in that way the leadership of NTC in Nanotechnology field.

     

    Third Meeting of the NTC Technical Committee on Emerging Plasma Nanotechnologies

    Thursday, September 15th, 2022

    It is a pleasure to announce the third meeting (online workshop) of the Technical Committee on Emerging Plasma Nanotechnologies (TC 17) of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council. This third edition, planned 9/27 Tuesday 12 noon CET Berlin, 9/27 Tuesday 7 pm JST Tokyo 9/27 and 5 am CDT (Chicago) 9/27 . It will be virtual with a very exciting program with speakers either from academia, national laboratories and industry. It is free but registration is necessary.

    This time we shift the focus to plasma surface interactions and plasma modeling and simulation. The list of the speakers is the following:

    • Dr. Fiorenza Fanelli, National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Nanotechnology (NANOTEC), Bari, Italy
      “Atmospheric pressure plasma surface processing of materials for environmental protection and remediation”
    • Dr. Richard Clergereaux, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratory of Plasma and Conversion of Energy (LAPLACE), University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
      “Aerosol-assisted plasma processes: thin film deposition and plasma behaviors”
    • Dr. Diana Mihailova, CEO, Plasma Matters B.V., Eindhoven University of Technology (TUe), Eindhoven, The Netherlands
      “A User Perspective on Plasma Modeling and Simulation”

     

    Agenda: Talks 30 min + 5 min for questions:

    • Welcome 12 noon-12:05 CET 9/27 [7:00 pm-7:05 JST, 5:00am-5:05 CDT]
    • Fanelli 12:05-12:40 CET 9/27 [7:05-7:40 JST, 5:05-5:40 CDT]
    • Clergereaux 12:40-13:15 CET 9/27 [7:40-8:15 JST, 5:40-6:15 CDT]
    • Dr. Mihailova 13:15 – 13:50 CET 9/27 [8:15-8:50 JST, 6:15-6:50 CDT]

     

    Organizers:
    Dr. Peter Ventzek
    Prof. Uros Cvelbar
    Dr. Kremena Makasheva
    Committee Chair: Prof. Seiji Samukawa

     

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      IEEE NTC Mentoring Program First Training Event

      Thursday, July 28th, 2022

      IEEE NTC Mentoring program: from Effectiveness to Durability
      (NTC MENED program)

      First Training Event, July 8th, 2022, Palma de Mallorca, Spain,
      in conjunction with IEEE NANO 2022

      The major strength of IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC) resides in its large number of members and volunteers, and the unlimited spectrum of nanotechnology applications. Currently, the IEEE NTC activities (technical, educational, conferences, publications, standing committees, etc.) and initiatives are extremely rich and rise the IEEE NTC to the level of a well-recognized world leader in the field of nanotechnology. To guarantee sustainability of NTC activities and to enable successful succession planning in the NTC’s leadership, a new initiative has been launched at the beginning of 2022, namely the IEEE NTC Mentoring program: from Effectiveness to Durability, or the so-called NTC MENED program. The NTC MENED program aims to enable the NTC volunteers to grow indispensable skills to carry out the NTC activities and to gradually integrate a larger number of well-trained NTC volunteers into the different initiatives. The objectives of NTC MENED program are as follows: 1) To reach a high level of success in the NTC activities; 2) To maximize the chance of new volunteers to reach their goals; and 3) To establish a mentoring culture that concerns the durability of NTC MENED program. Through the NTC MENED program, the final goal of NTC is to connect people and create teams in which everyone brings ideas, trust and rapport.

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      TC-10’s (Modeling and Simulation) Summer Internship Program

      Monday, May 30th, 2022

      TC-10 Modeling and Simulation has started a IEEE NTC Modeling and Simulation Summer Internship program. 

      This program is handled by Prof. Arindan Das (Eastern Washington University), Josef Weinbub (Technical University, Vienna) and M. P. Anantram (University of Washington). We are expecting 5 high school students to participate this summer for an eight week internship.

      For details, please contact TC-10 Chair Prof. M. P. Anantram (anantmp@uw.edu).

       

      TC-10 (Modeling and Simulation) Call for Members

      Monday, May 30th, 2022

      IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC) TC-10 (Modeling and Simulation) is looking for new committee members both from academia and industry who focus on Modeling & Simulation (not experiments). Committee members review submissions for the NTC’s publications, help / lead organization of special sessions in IEEE NTC conferences etc.

      For information on the TC-10 see their web page.

      If you have the time, energy and an interest in leading TC-10 activities, please send an e-mail to the TC-10 Chair, Prof. M. P. Anantram (anantmp@uw.edu).

       

      Second Meeting of the NTC Technical Committee on Emerging Plasma Nanotechnologies

      Thursday, April 7th, 2022

      It is a pleasure to announce the second meeting (online workshop) of the newborn Technical Committee on Emerging Plasma Nanotechnologies of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council. This second edition, planned 6 pm CST May 10, 1 am (next day, May 11) CET and 8 am (next day, May 11) JST. It will be virtual with a very exciting program with speakers either from academia and industry. It is free but registration is necessary.

      Register here.

      This time we have a continued focus on advanced device development/plasma processes including AI/ML/big data. The list of the speakers is the following:

      • Prof. Kenji Ishikawa, Nagoya University
        Nanoscale etching technologies for nitrides and carbides
      • Prof. and Dean Masaharu Shiratani, Kyushu University
        Identification of key plasma process parameters using support vector machine
      • Dr. Prem Panneerchelvam, KLA
        Etch profile simulations to address challenges in plasma based nanofabrication

      Agenda: Talks 30 min + 5 min for questions

      • Welcome 6-6:05 CST
      • Prof. Ishikawa 6:05-6:40 CST
      • Prof. Shiratani 6:40-7:15 CST
      • Dr. Paneerchelvam 7:15 – 7:50 CST

       

      Organizers:

      Dr. Peter Ventzek
      Prof. Uros Cvelbar
      Dr. Kremena Makasheva
      Committee Chair: Prof. Seiji Samukawa

       

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      2022 Technical Committee Award to TC-06 Nanoelectronics

      Monday, March 7th, 2022

      Congratulations to TC-06 on Nanoelectronics, 2022 TC Award Winner!

      The IEEE Nanotechnology Council Technical Committee Award is a recognition for the work accomplished by one of the IEEE NTC TCs during 2-year period. The NTC TCs serve as focal points for research in specific areas of Nanotechnology. The technical activities developed by the NTC TCs are highly appreciated because of their impact in the scientific, literary and educational events coordinated by IEEE NTC.

      It is our pleasure to announce that the 2022 NTC TC Award is accorded to NTC TC06 Nanoelectronics chaired by Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske (left). Without any doubt we can say that the nanoelectronics technologies have made great impacts on human activities through every sector of the modern industry.

      At present TC06 promotes technical activities associated with novel electronic and thermal phenomena in materials and devices at the nanoscale, including low-dimensional materials and quantum effects for the purpose of efficient device and memory functionality. Of importance are trends and benchmarking considerations for moving beyond Moore’s law. In the last two years the NTC TC06 Nanoelectronics succeeded in starting new initiatives and promoting technological innovation and excellence in nanotechnology for the benefit of humanity through numerous conference, publications, education, and outreach activities including organizing NTC conferences, editing special issues in NTC publications, creating a new chapter and hosting a summer school. Thank you for your effort!

      More information about TC-06
      More information about the TC Award

      Invitation to Join NTC Technical Committees

      Monday, February 21st, 2022

       

      Are you interested in the field of Nanotechnology and in expanding your professional horizons? Consider joining one of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council Technical Committees (TCs). Our new mentoring program is designed for young professionals interested in gaining new skills and experiences, participating in professional technical activities, and further development of their professional network. Mentees will participate in the TC meetings, assist with organization of technical webinars, learn best practices to review scientific papers, and participate and propose new TC initiatives.

      Find your chosen technical committee and fill out our short application form so we can get to know you better.