Advances in Molecular Physics and Optical Materials
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: closed (20 April 2025) | Viewed by 2033
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Interests: molecular physics; computational chemistry; fullerenes; solids and liquids; design of molecular systems-materials (ha)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Molecular materials constitute the basis and are the cornerstone for the development of materials with a plethora of applications (e.g., drug design, optoelectronics, and energy storage). Molecular materials enrich our daily lives in countless ways, having properties that depend on their exact structure, the degree of order in the way the molecules are aligned, and their crystalline nature. Small changes in molecular structure can totally alter the properties of the material in bulk and tune its overall characteristics. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to place emphasis on the study of the physics and chemistry of molecular functional materials that demonstrate a wide range of physical phenomena. The field of molecular materials research includes the: (i) preparation, (ii) characterization, and (iii) modeling of potentially useful materials with enhanced physical, chemical, and biomedical properties. The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight recent advances in the physics underlying various phenomena governed by the interaction of light with matter on a molecular basis and how tailoring of the interaction could lead to the development of state-of-the-art molecular materials.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Development of hybrid organic–inorganic materials (e.g., MOFS and COFS) as non-linear optical materials.
- Physics and chemistry of molecular materials.
- Novel approaches for the simulation of the interaction of light with molecular materials.
- Molecular inorganic conductors and superconductors.
- Theory and simulation of non-linear optics.
- Quantum chemistry and non-linear optics.
- Quantum dots.
- Rigorous theories for the description of the polarization effects in matter.
Dr. Aggelos Avramopoulos
Guest Editor
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