{"product_id":"9783032322593","title":"2D van der Waals Layered Semiconductors Fundamentals, Synthesis, Devices and Energy Conversion","description":"\u003ch1\u003e2D van der Waals Layered Semiconductors\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFundamentals, Synthesis, Devices and Energy Conversion\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eYoung Hee Lee | Ki Kang Kim\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnology \u0026amp; Engineering \/ Materials Science \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW155500805 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003eThis book provides an integrated examination of van der Waals (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003evdW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003e) layered semiconductors by focusing on the key scientific advances and technological hurdles that shape their path toward real-world applications. Organized around nine \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003emajor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003e themes—including material growth and heterostructure design, contact engineering, gate dielectrics, device architectures, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003ediluted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003emagnetic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003eplasmonics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003e and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003eexcitonic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003e phenomena, and energy and computing applications—it highlights how progress in each area converges to enable high-performance electronic, optoelectronic, and energy systems. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003eParticular attention\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003e is given to persistent challenges such as scalable synthesis, low-resistance contacts, dielectric integration, and reproducible device fabrication, while outlining emerging solutions and design strategies. By linking fundamental insights with device-level implementation, the book presents a cohesive roadmap for transforming \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003evdW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155500805 BCX0\"\u003e semiconductors from promising laboratory materials into reliable platforms for next-generation technologies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003eYoung \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003eHee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e Lee \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003ehas been\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e a Director of the Institute of Low-Dimensional Quantum Materials at Hubei University of Technology (HBUT). He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Kent State University, Ohio, in 1986. Prior to joining HBUT in 2025, he served as a Director of the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003eSungkyunkwan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e University (SKKU), since 2012. He was elected as a member of Korea Academy of Science and Technology in 2007 and a foreign member of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2021. He serves as an associate editor of ACS Nano. His honors include being named the first SKKU Fellow in 2004, the Science Award from the Korean Physical Society in 2005 and nominated as a National Scholar by Ministry of Education in 2006\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003eHe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003egot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003eSudang\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e prize in 2015, Kyung Am prize in 2019, and Song-Bong prize in 2020 in Korea. He also got the Lee \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003eHsun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e Research Award from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007 and the Einstein Award from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017. Prof. Lee’s work has focused on understanding the fundamental properties in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003elow dimensional\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e materials and hybrid heterostructures to implement unique physical and chemical properties. His research covers carrier dynamics\/carrier multiplication phenomena, hot carrier solar cells, low-power\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003econsumption electronics and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003espintronics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003eBose-Einstein condensation in solids, and quantum mechanical tunneling phenomena. He \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003ehave\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e led nanoscience \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003eand also\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e nanotechnology for pioneering woks on synthesis and engineering of electronic and atomic structures of carbon nanotubes and graphene, other 2D materials and their applications to electronic and optoelectronic devices, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003espintronics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e, and energy harvest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW131502275 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6,\"335557856\":16777215,\"335559685\":945,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003eKi Kang Kim\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e is a Professor in the Department of Energy Science at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003eSungkyunkwan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e University (SKKU). He joined SKKU as an Associate Professor in 2019 and was later promoted to Full Professor. Prior to this, he served as an Associate Professor (September 2018–August 2019) and Assistant Professor (September 2012–August 2018) in the Department of Energy and Materials Engineering at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003eDongguk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e University, Seoul.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003eHe also held postdoctoral research positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from April 2009 to August 2012 and at SKKU from September 2008 to March 2009.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003eHe has received several recognitions, including being selected by Y-KAST as one of the “34 Young Researchers to Lead Korean Science” in 2020 and by POSTECH and Dong-A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003eIlbo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e as one of the “30 Young Scientists to Shine Korea” in 2016.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003eProf. Kim leads the Novel Nanomaterial Research (NNR) Group, focusing on the growth, synthesis, and characterization of single-crystal two-dimensional (2D) and low-dimensional materials, including carbon nanotubes, hexagonal boron nitride, graphene, and transition metal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003edichalcogenides\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e (TMDs), for next-generation electronic and energy device applications.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW131502275 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW131502275 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6,\"335557856\":16777215,\"335559685\":945,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032322593\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e592\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50591245729932,"sku":"9783032322593","price":251.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032322593.jpg?v=1781090168","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032322593","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}