Electronic Materials for Nuclear Science and Radiation Technologies: Defects, Properties and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, entitled ‘Electronic Materials for Nuclear Science and Radiation Technologies: Defects, Properties and Applications’, focuses on electronic materials related to nuclear science, nuclear engineering, radiation technologies, and nuclear-related applications. Electronic materials play an essential role in radiation detection, nuclear instrumentation, nuclear electronics, radiation dosimetry, accelerator technologies, space radiation applications, medical radiation technologies, nuclear energy systems, and harsh-environment sensing. In these fields, materials may be required either to maintain stable performance under radiation exposure or to provide specific electrical, optical, luminescent, thermal, dielectric, or sensing responses to radiation, energetic particles, or nuclear-related signals.

The scope of this Special Issue broadly covers the design, synthesis, processing, characterization, modeling, performance evaluation, degradation mechanisms, radiation response, and practical application of nuclear-related electronic materials. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, semiconductors, wide-bandgap materials, dielectrics, ceramics, thin films, nanomaterials, two-dimensional materials, perovskites, scintillators, radiation detector materials, dosimetric materials, radiation-tolerant materials, nuclear instrumentation materials, and materials for harsh-environment electronic devices. Studies on radiation-induced defects, displacement damage, charge trapping, interface degradation, total ionizing dose effects, single-event effects, and radiation-modified material properties are particularly welcome.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide a broad and interdisciplinary platform for researchers working at the interface of electronic materials, nuclear science, and radiation technologies. It will usefully supplement the existing literature by emphasizing material-level mechanisms, defect evolution, property changes, radiation response, and functional applications, thereby bridging electronic materials research with nuclear science, radiation effects, and advanced materials engineering.

Dr. Qiang Zhao
Dr. Zheng Zhang
Guest Editors

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