Application and Molecular Mechanisms of Microwaves for Materials Processing
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 702
Special Issue Editor
Interests: laser-matter interaction; transparent and conductive oxides for solar cells; displays and transparent electronics; hard and protective coatings; high k dielectrics; bioactive coatings; high emissivity optical coatings for outer space applications; coatings for nuclear applications/radiation effects in materials; nanoparticles synthesis by laser techniques and applications; structural characterization of thin films and electronic materials; radiation induced effects in thin films
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The main aim of the Special Issue "Application and Molecular Mechanisms of Microwaves for Materials Processing" is to promote new theoretical, experimental, and computational research as well as new designs and developments of devices used to process, characterize, or develop new materials using a microwave field.
The main topics of this Special Issue are:
- using microwaves for molecular material synthesis;
- microwave-induced effects on the molecular structure of materials;
- microwave-related physical chemistry and chemical physics;
- characteristics of plasmas created by microwave radiation;
- processing, characterization, or synthesis of materials using a microwave field.
This Special Issue also focuses on employing advanced nanomaterials characterization techniques such as terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) or other microwave characterization techniques, IR-VIS-UV optical emission spectroscopy (OES), photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS), FT-IR or Raman spectroscopy, TEM, SEM, XRD, and XPS to understand the interaction between microwaves and matter.
Guiding this exploration are Professor Valentin Craciun (National Institute for Laser, Plasma, and Radiation Physics) and Dr. Marian Mogildea and Dr. George Mogildea (Institute of Space Science, National Institute for Laser, Plasma, and Radiation Physics), whose expertise is crucial in this Special Issue.
Dr. Valentin Craciun
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microwaves
- non-ionizing radiation
- molecular materials characterizations
- molecular materials synthesis
- microwave processing and engineering
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