Dear Colleagues,

Semiconductor spintronics has been an active topic of research across multiple disciplines of materials science for more than two decades. It aims to engender novel electronic functionalities through combinations of intrinsic or injected magnetism with the exquisite control and giant tunability of charge transport in semiconductors.

In present-day microelectronics, information processing and communications are performed via the control and manipulation of charge motion in semiconductors, whereas information storage relies primarily on the magnetic state of the electrons, i.e., the spin. Both the performance and power consumption challenges facing charge-based microelectronics and the emergence of new information technologies such as wearable electronics, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things, call for new paradigms of microelectronics with better performance and even transformative new functionalities more urgently than ever. Semiconductor spintronics offers a promising route to realizing these goals. In addition to the many expected performance enhancements, such as higher speed and lower power consumption, and compatibility with existing semiconductor fabrication lines, it also promises a host of novel characteristics, such as nonvolatility, radiation hardness, and hardware reconfigurability. Moreover, the seamless integration of magnetism in semiconductors presents a platform where all three operations of logic, communication, and storage may be performed in the same devices, which offers the intriguing possibility for implementing new computing schemes, such as neuromorphic computing.

This Special Issue focuses on recent progresses in the broad areas of semiconductor spintronics. The research of interest includes ferromagnetic semiconductor materials and related devices, hybrid devices combining conventional ferromagnets with traditional semiconductors, organic semiconductors, topological insulators, or 2D van der Waals materials. We are pleased to invite submissions of manuscripts to this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, perspectives, and reviews are all welcome.

Prof. Dr. Kaiyou Wang
Prof. Dr. Peng Xiong
Guest Editors

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• ferromagnetic semiconductor
• spin injection and manipulation
• spintronic devices
• topological insulator