InfoMat: A cross‐field exploration of information technology and materials science

Overview & Synopsis

As our modern society continuously embraces the captivating concepts of automation, artificial intelligence, virtual/augmented reality, and machine learning, information technology has extensively influenced all aspects of our personal, professional, and social lives. Information technology will continue to transform the world for decades to come. However, the innovation of information technology not only relies on the development of sophisticated algorithms and programming but also requires novel materials and high-performance devices to achieve interactions between humans and machines. With microprocessors and other key components shrinking down to nanoscale, electronic devices have fundamentally altered our communication and working patterns, ushering in a new era of the "Internet of Things." However, current microelectronic technologies still need to overcome the physical limitations of traditional semiconductor materials to keep "Moore's law" alive. Researchers from different fields have realized that developing novel and reliable materials is essential to improving computing capability and device portability and functionality while reducing energy consumption. The unremitting efforts of cross-field research works have broadened the academic horizon and brought together materials scientists, chemists, applied and theoretical physicists, and electrical engineers, designing new material paradigms and state-of-the-art manufacturing methods or reviving present materials for brand-new applications for next-generation information technology.This new journal is copublished by Wiley and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. InfoMat will address the growing scientific interests in materials with unique electrical, optical, and magnetic properties and the application of these new materials in the rapid development of information technology. The journal will serve as a high-quality platform for researchers working in a wide variety of scientific areas with a common interest in improving information technology and will dovetail materials and information technologies to propel the fast development of this emerging field.