A robust integration technique would allow the adding of high performance functionalities provided by GaN devices on other substrates for various advanced applications [2 6].
Recently, the stress-related issues in the nanostructures have been considered for the integration of nano devices with high performance and functionality.
Moreover, the challenges in manufacturing extremely small features on mass-produced multifunctional devices incite the need to search for novel methods for the synthesis of the small scaled material integrated with high performance of functionality.
Self-healing functional polymer surfaces, designed with an intrinsic and spontaneous mechanism which replenishes the damaged surfaces with the original chemical functionalities, are of great interest to maintain a high performance of the functionality and extend the life-time of materials.
Opportunities for the use of 3-D as well as polymer memory design in modern electronic circuits are rapidly expanding, based on the very high performance and unique functionality.
Based on hybrid MTJ/CMOS [13], innovative memory and logic circuits are expected to provide high performance or new functionalities beyond CMOS.
Technological evolution of flexible optoelectronic devices, such as solar cells or light emitting diodes,[ 1– 6] must be accompanied by that of flexible optical and electronic materials in order to fulfill the increasing requirements of higher performance and functionality.
Our motivation stems from the promise reconfigurable systems hold for achieving high performance and extending product functionality and lifetime via the addition of new features that operate at hardware speed.
Convergence of the Si and compound semiconductor industries promises the best of both worlds for device manufacturers due to the high performance, flexibility, and enhanced functionality of III-V compounds coupled with the low manufacturing cost and sheer scale of the Si process.
In further, taking advantage of the unique properties of metamaterial, many new IR detector functionalities can be implemented by designing suitable metamaterial structures, which presents a promising way for fabrication of high performance or special functional device for practical applications.
