Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Functional Thin Films
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Sciences and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 710
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Functional thin films are an exciting and rapidly growing field of research with a wide range of applications. The ability to design and fabricate thin films with specific functions creates new opportunities for technological advances in areas such as electronics, optics, biomaterials, and energy storage. As research in this area continues to progress, it is expected that there will be even more innovative and practical applications for functional thin films.
This Special Issue focuses on the synthesis, characterization, and application of functional thin films.
Topics covered include but are not limited to:
- Functional thin films and nanostructures;
- Functional and conductive polymer thin films;
- Anti-reflective coatings;
- Functional films for gas-sensing applications;
- Functional piezoelectric materials and applications;
- Optoelectronic functional thin films;
- Functional thin films for solar cells;
- Thin films in the biomedical industry;
- Electronics industry;
- Biosensors.
Dr. Hicham Bakkali
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- thin films
- coatings
- materials science
- nanotechnology
- optoelectronics
- solar cells
- sensors and biosensors
- piezoelectricity
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