Affiliation:
1. Higher Institute for Sciences and Technology, Tobruk, Libya
Abstract
Materials science and solid-state physics have significantly influenced economic growth and development, leading to the development of computer technologies, wireless communications, and consumer electronics. Emerging fields like nanomaterials, graphene, carbon nanotubes, smart functional materials, spintronic materials, biomaterials, and multiferroic materials have the potential to create new technological breakthroughs and economic impact. These multifunctional solid-state compounds address diverse and multidisciplinary technologies, with multiferroic technologies expected to be valued at billions of dollars in the future.