Optical and Electrical Properties of Nano- and Microcrystals
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Crystalline Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 October 2025 | Viewed by 961
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to cover a wide range of studies in the growth, fabrication, and characterization of nano- and microcrystals. Nanotechnology has shown excellent application value and prospects in all walks of life. Nanomaterials, especially nano- and microcrystals, have extremely important applications in optics, optoelectronics, integrated circuits, sensors, and biomedicine. The qualities/orientations/structures/symmetry of the nano- and microcrystals determine the intriguing properties of the material. Investigations of the novel methods and theoretical analysis in the growth of nano- and microcrystals develop more exciting performance enhancements and discover huge potential application perspectives. Additionally, the manufacturing techniques in nano- and micro size also stimulate the excellent performance of the material.
We invite you to publish papers in the forms of original research articles, communications, review articles, and perspective views that present recent progress of either analytical, numerical, or experimental methods to advance the field of nano- and microcrystals.
Dr. Yuhua Duan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nano- and microcrystals
- material growth methods
- material characterization
- semiconductor materials
- optoelectronic devices
- nanoscale fabrication techniques
- multi-scale modeling
- energy systems
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