Call for Papers

Phase change materials (PCM), such as chalcogenides, correlated oxides and two-dimensional materials, could achieve dramatic refractive index change or resistance change through a solid phase transition, which made them emerging platforms for reconfigurable photonics and electronics. Reconfigurable photonics based on PCMs offer a path to alter the routing and phase delay with low power consumption and compact footprint inside a photonic system, which are important for large-scale optical switching networks, neuromorphic computing, active metasurface, etc. And the PCM had been widely applied for electronic memory and reconfigurable circuits, which would be critical for non-von Neumann computing, such as in-memory computing and neuromorphic computing. With the fast development of PCM for reconfigurable photonics and electronics, we want to organize a special issue in the Journal of Semiconductors. Both review papers and research articles are welcome.

This special issue focuses but not limited to the following topics:

1.      Theory and modeling of novel phase change materials.

2.      Reconfigurable PCM integrated photonic devices and metasurfaces.

3.      Phase change memory for non-von Neumann computing.

4.      Two-dimensional phase change materials and devices

5.      In-memory photonic and electronic devices.

6.      Color filters and thermal emitters.

7.      The applications of reconfigurable electronic and photonic circuits based on PCM.

Guest Editors:

Dr. Hongtao Lin, College of Information Science & Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China, Email: hometown@zju.edu.cn

Dr. Tian Gu, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139, United States, Email: gutian@mit.edu

Manuscript Submission:

Manuscripts must be prepared according to the Journal’s guidelines, available at, http://www.jos.ac.cn/news/Preparing_Your_Manuscript.htm. Submit your manuscripts directly to the listing guest editors via the e-mail addresses above. Or directly submit via the online submission address at https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/jos-iop.

Please notify well in advance for your intention to submit a research paper.

Key Timetable Dates:

Manuscript Submission Deadline: Nov. 1, 2023

Publication Date: Mar. 1, 2024