In praise of hybrid III-Vs and hybrid silicon

摘要

Arkansas physics professor Huaxiang Fu decided to use solid state theory to examine the properties of a combination of organic material and inorganic semiconductors. Semiconductors are fast and 'smart' in electronics, but 'heavy, brittle and expensive.' His study examined the properties of a single atomic layer of semiconductor material sandwiched between two atomic layers of organic polymers. The finding: "the hybrid will retain the superior electronic properties of semiconductors as well as its mechanical flexibility of organic material and it even has a few advantages over the pure semiconductor material."