The International Center for Artificial Materials (ICAM) is an association of scientists incorporating multi-disciplines and inter-disciplines with their research focus on nanoscience and energy materials. ICAM intends to educate the future generations of scientists in the field of innovative materials and enhance the research capability and competence of China. The center is collaboration between the State Key Lab of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China - Chengdu, the State Key Lab for Superlattices and Microstructures, the Institute of Semiconductors, and the Chinese Academy of Science - Beijing.
The State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices was founded as a national key laboratory under the Ministry of Education by incorporating the original three national key laboratories: the New Type Sensor Laboratory under the Ministry of Education, the Laboratory of Electronic Information Material and Application and the Laboratory of Power Semiconductor Technology under the Ministry of Information Industry. It has been active in the area of microelectronics and solid-state electronics, electronic materials and devices, material physics and chemistry and material science. Of the four doctoral subjects in the laboratory, microelectronics and solid-state electronics have been rated as the national key subject. The lab was formally established under the approval of Ministry of Science and Technology in July, 2006, and passed the inspection in October, 2008. Its current Academic Committee director of the laboratory is the Chinese Academy of Engineering Academician Lishi Wen, and the laboratory director is Professor Yanrong Li.
The State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures (previously known as National Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures) was founded in 1988. The head of laboratory is Professor Shushen Li. The Academic Committee of the laboratory, headed by Professor Houzhi Zheng, consists of 16 prominent scientists. There are 26 members in the lab, including 2 Academicians of CAS, 18 full and associate professors, 5 technicians and an administration staff. During the last 20 years, 7 members were awarded the National Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars, and 9 members were the recipients of the "Hundred-Talent Program". The research areas of the laboratory include the physics and application of low-dimensional quantum structures, fundamentals of solid state quantum computing, semiconductor spintronics, etc. In the past decade, the laboratory has received more than 30 national scientific research grants (including 973-project and 863-project), which are supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
ICAM was initiated by Professor Zhiming M. Wang, when he was selected into the national Thousand-Talents Program at the beginning of 2011.His initiation was promptly supported by Professor Shu-Shen Li, Director of the State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures and Professor Yanrong Li, Director of the State Key Lab of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices. The center is under preparation and will be launched in July 2011. Presently, four internationally well-established scientists are serving as the center members. Five academic committee members serve as the center's scientific advisory board.
