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Silicon and Metal Oxide Thin Film Transistors: Materials, Process
technology, Device Physics, and Reliability
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Message from the Guest Editor

Prof. Mamoru Furuta
School of Environmental Scienceand Engineering, Kochi Universityof Technology, Kami, Kochi 7828502, JapanThe flat panel display (FPD) market is expected to further
expand at a higher growth rate in upcoming years, due tothe demand for high-resolution, compact, lightweight, andflexible displays. The thin film transistor (TFT) is a key
component for controlling picture quality of FPDs.

furuta.mamoru@ kochitech.ac.jp

Deadline for manuscript
submissions:
31 July 2019

TFT is a type of field-eﬀect-transistor (FET), which iscommonly used for large-area electronics. Thesetransistors are produced by depositing diﬀerent types ofthin films, such as active semiconductors, dielectrics andmetals, over a non-conducting substrate. The significant
advantage of the TFT is a low fabrication temperature. The
main application of TFTs is in active-matrix liquid-crystal
displays (AM-LCDs) or organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) displays, in which each pixel is controlled by one orseveral TFTs. In addition to AM-LCDs and OLED displays,
TFTs are also used in X-ray imaging devices, varioussensors (e.g., fingerprint, bio-medical, pH, temperaturesensors), and radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips.
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