Abstract: The advance of semiconductor technology is mainly due to the advances of materials, especially polymeric materials. These include the use of polymers as:  adhesives (both conductive and non conductive for die attach and assembly interconnects), interlayer dielectrics (low k, low loss dielectrics for high speed and low loss signal transmission), encapsulants (discrete and wafer level packages for device protection), embedded passives (high K capacitors, high Q inductors for high density PWB substrates), superhydrophobic self-cleaning lotus effect surfaces, etc. In this presentation, I will review some of the recent advances on nano-materials and nano-technologies that are currently being investigated for these types of applications, such as : lead-free flexible electrically conductive adhesives (ECAs) with flexible/stretchable properties, self assembly monolayer molecular wires for fine pitch and high current density interconnects, flip chip and wafer level underfills, nano lead-free alloys for low temperature interconnects, well-aligned carbon nanotubes and graphenes for high current and high thermal interface materials(TIMs), superhydrophobic self-clean lotus surface coatings and NanoMetal Assisted Chemical Etching for MEMS and high efficiency solar cell applications.

Biography: Professor C.P. Wong is the Charles Smithgall Institute Endowed Chair and Regents’ Professor. After his doctoral study, he was awarded a two-year postdoctoral fellowship with Nobel Laureate Professor Henry Taube at Stanford University. His research interests lie in the fields of polymeric materials, electronic packaging and interconnect, interfacial adhesions, nano-functional material syntheses and characterizations. nano-composites such as well-aligned carbon nanotubes, grahenes, lead-free alloys, flip-chip  underfill, ultra high k capacitor composites and novel lotus effect coating materials.He received many awards, among those, the AT&T Bell Labs Fellow Award in 1992, the IEEE CPMT Society Outstanding Sustained Technical Contributions Award in 1995, the Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Faculty Best Research Paper Award in 1999, Best MS, PhD and undergraduate Thesis Awards in 2002 and 2004, respectively, the University Press (London) Award of Excellence, the IEEE CPMT Society Exceptional Technical Contributions Award in 2002, the 2009 IEEE-CPMT David Feldman Outstanding Contribution Award and the 2009 Penn State University Distinguished Alumni Award.He holds over 50 U.S. patents, numerous international patents, has published over 1000 technical papers, 10 books and a member of the National Academy of Engineering of the USA since 2000.