Optical and Electronic Properties of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials and Composites

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to present our project, a Special Issue of the Journal C, focusing on the optical and electronic properties of carbon-related nanomaterials. We would like to join the competences of researchers in the field of nanosized C-based structures, starting from 2D graphene and its ‘’extended family’’, like graphene oxide, nanotubes, and fullerenes, all the way to carbon dots (CDs) and diamond like carbon, thus covering the whole hierarchy of C-based 0D to 3D nanometric structures. The proposed Special Issue will also cover composites like graphene-nanoparticles, graphene-molecules, nanostructures and oxide, polymer included C-nanomaterials, and CD-based composites

The main focus of the project is on the electronic properties of the investigated materials, which means the following: transport, doping, energy gap modification, Fermi level shift, and on the optical properties targeting the absorption and fluorescence emission processes, also in connection to optical emitting, light harvesting, and photocatalytic devices, but not excluding fundamental aspects like charge and energy transfer dynamics. Within this framework, proper attention should also be given to the structural characterization of materials and the consideration of growth processes, as well as their exploitation for sensing and catalysis.

The reported manuscripts will represent both the experimental and the theoretical point of view, including simulative works. The final target is to give readers an overview of the hot topics and the state-of-the-art of C-related nanoscience, based on a largely interdisciplinary perspective typical of materials science.

Dr. Simonpietro Agnello
Dr. Fabrizio Messina
Guest Editors

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