Solid-Solution Micro/Nanomaterials: Modeling Structure, Optical, Magnetic and Dielectric Properties
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2027 | Viewed by 926
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Interests: inorganic chemistry; RE-doped materials for optoelectronics; scheelite-, wolframite- and perovskite-type materials; molybdate and tungstate divalent metals
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Dear Colleagues,
Solid solutions are a specific type of crystalline materials in which chemical components form a homogeneous solid phase.The formation of solid solutions involves the partial substitution of atoms or ions of one component of the solution (the host) by atoms or ions of another component (the dopant) within the same crystal lattice, without changing its structure.
Depending on the manner in which dopants are incorporated, substitutional and interstitial solid solutions are distinguished. The formation of solid solutions is often accompanied by the creation of cationic or anionic vacancies.
Due to the ability to control chemical composition, solid solutions enable purposeful modification of material properties such as electrical and thermal conductivity, as well as magnetic, optical, and dielectric properties.
They are widely used in electronics, optoelectronics, and modern functional materials, including micro- and nanomaterials, where even small changes in composition can lead to significant changes in physical properties.
Dr. Elżbieta Tomaszewicz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- solid-solution model
- host
- dopant
- thermal expansion of the crystal lattice
- vacancy solid solutions
- property modeling
- optical properties
- magnetic properties
- dielectric properties
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