New Technique for Preparing Thin Film: Characteristic and Further Development
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films and Interfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 March 2026 | Viewed by 888
Special Issue Editors
Interests: printed electronics; new photoelectric materials and devices; flexible supercapacitors
Interests: organic light-emitting diodes; perovskite light-emitting diodes; quantum-dot light-emitting diodes; organic electronics; flexible; solution processesd; solar cells
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
New techniques for preparing thin films is of great significance in electronic devices, including thin-film transistors, sensors, organic/quantum light-emitting diodes. Emerging concepts, strategies, and techniques can benefit thin-film preparation, the understanding of thin-film science, the optimization of film morphologies, the exploration of film interfaces, the innovation of device architectures, and the investigation of working mechanisms. Moreover, theoretical simulations provide new insights into the intrinsic properties of thin-film devices, and may introduce the potential of further unexplored applications.
This Special Issue, enttiled “New Technique for Preparing Thin Film: Characteristic and Further Development”, aims to present the recent developments in the field of advanced micro/nano electronics, including novel concepts, fundamental research, and theoretical results. The scope of this research topic also includes the preparation, characterization, and application of various thin films. We welcome original research, reviews, mini-reviews, and perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to, the following:
- New preparation techniques for thin film technology, such as inkjet printing;
- Optical and electrical characteristics of thin-film devices;
- Film morphology;
- Interfacial and surface physics;
- Applications of thin films in various fields, particularly for thin-film transistors and organic/quantum light-emitting diodes;
- Working mechanisms of optoelectronic devices;
- Theoretical modeling;
- Challenges in the development of electronic devices.
Dr. Peng Xiao
Dr. Baiquan Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- printed electronics
- flexible electronics
- photoelectric detection
- thin-film transistors
- organic light-emitting diodes
- quantum light-emitting diodes
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