Mechanics, Electrical and Optical Properties of Nano-Thin Films

Dear Colleagues,

The integration demand of multifunctional properties in thin films is challenging, since some of them are mutually exclusive; for example, the mechanisms that operate during material deformation make stretchability and conductivity fundamentally difficult properties to combine. Thus, innovative solutions enabling the production of unexpected optical, mechanical and electrical functions are required. A broad range of optically and electrically anisotropic thin film devices can be produced by surface texturing, surface corrugations and mechanical stretching. In this Special Issue we would invite authors to contribute with their innovative contributions in terms of research papers, communications, letters and reviews on thin films based on nanomaterials that demonstrate electrical and optical tunability under mechanical stress, including self-organization of conductive nanostructures with the strain, and hybrid nanocomposite thin films with recoverable control of the electrical and optical properties by mechanical actuation. Potential methods include but are not limited to layer-by-layer assembly, buckled nanostructures, hybrid nanoarchitectures and controlled disposition of nanoparticles.

Prof. Dr. Luca Valentini
Prof. Dr. Nicola Pugno
Guest Editors

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