Sustainable Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The chemical–physical properties of materials are extensively studied because of their applications in several fields, ranging from medicine and sensing to energy harvesting and energy conversion. Today, given the demand for high environmental and energy sustainability and for the use of materials that are increasingly less toxic and increasingly biodegradable, research focuses heavily on sustainable materials to substitute and recycle of critical raw materials (CRMs). A lot of studies concern the processing of bio-organic materials, 2D sustainable materials, environmentally friendly organic and inorganic sources of materials, synthetic green chemistry—to name a few topics. These kinds of materials allow for the development of new technologies, and so characterization techniques investigating several properties of these materials, such as electrical, thermal, optical, and mechanical properties, are of considerable importance to facilitate their use for specific applications.

The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a global view on sustainable materials furnishing information on the state of the art and current research. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Mechanisms and/or concept, regarding the fabrication and chemical-physical properties, also describing their potential impacts;
• Recent advances in the synthesis and characterization of sustainable materials;
• Application of these materials: energy harvesting/conversion, sensors, optoelectronic devices, biomedicine.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Sebastiano Vasi
Dr. Salvatore Vincenzo Giofrè
Guest Editors

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• sustainable materials
• 2D materials
• biomaterials
• mechanisms and synthesis
• characterization
• energy application
• biomedical application
• miscellaneous application