Advances in Thin-Film Ceramics: Fabrication, Properties, and Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Sciences and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 1860
Special Issue Editor
Interests: 2D materials; van der Waals crystals; semiconductors; nanofabrication; quantum effects; nanoelectronics; optoelectronics
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Dear Colleagues,
Ceramics are inorganic materials that are typically polycrystalline and non-metallic. They have been continuously exploited by humans for thousands of years: pottery, glass, and brick are among the oldest human-invented materials.
However, nowadays they are also finding more and more new applications in high-tech products thanks to their optical, electrical, thermal, mechanical and magnetic properties.
This Special Issue on “Advances in Thin-film Ceramics: Fabrication, Properties, and Applications” aims to report recent progress and emerging applications of advanced ceramic materials in thin-film technologies, covering topics such as, but not limited to, optics, electronics, catalytic systems, energy, biomaterials, heat-resistant and wear-resistant coatings, etc. Papers involving novel fabrication and characterization methodologies, as well as the use of computer modeling and simulations to predict the mechanisms of formation and properties of ceramic thin films and composites, are very welcome.
We call for contributions of original research articles as well as reviews and perspectives which cover most recent advances in relative fields. All manuscripts will be peer reviewed and those accepted will be published immediately online in this Special Issue.
Dr. Zakhar Kudrynskyi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- functional ceramics
- thin-film technologies
- ceramic multilayers
- ceramic composites
- magnetic coatings
- ceramic sensors
- high temperature applications
- electrical insulation
- glass–ceramic
- solid ceramic electrolyte
- electronics
- catalytic systems
- energy
- optics
- biomaterials
- wear-resistant coatings
