Recent Developments in the Application of Nanomaterials in Photonics

Dear Colleagues,

Nanomaterials are known to have unique size-dependent optical properties. Due to the quantum confinement effect, nanomaterials have demonstrated the potential to bring significant progress with their application in photodetectors, LEDs, lasers, displays, energy generation and medical imaging.

The performance improvement of nanomaterials devices in photonics requires the development of advanced optical materials with improved characteristics such as low cost, simple operation, reduced size, fast response, high surface reactivity and rapid recovery. Different nanostructured and nanocomposite materials have been used in manufacturing photonic devices, including nano-wires, nano-dots, thin films, plasmonic nanomaterials, plasmonic glasses (with embedded metallic nanoparticles), hybrid nanostructures, and others.

Applied Sciences invites interested authors to submit papers for a Special Issue titled Recent Developments in the Application of Nanomaterials in Photonics. The papers should cover the recent experimental and fundamental concepts of photonics. The advanced nanomaterials should demonstrate good performance in photonics applications further to low cost and functionality preparation.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• Semiconductor, oxide and metallic nanomaterials;
• Thin films;
• Nanocomposites;
• Plasmonic nanomaterials;
• Photonic Nanostructures;
• Plasmonic glasses;
• 2D-nanostructures;
• Carbon nanostructures.

Prof. Dr. Habib Elhouichet
Guest Editor

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