Laser, Plasma, and Radiation Processing of Advanced Functional Materials for Magnetic, Electrotechnical and Electrochemical Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 862
Special Issue Editors
Interests: laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT); laser processing; thin films; surface structuring
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Interests: magnetic materials; magnetic hysteresis; electromagnetic field computation; planar transformers; power transformers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As Guest Editors, we cordially invite you to submit a manuscript for consideration and possible publication in this Special Issue, entitled "Laser, Plasma, and Radiation Processing of Advanced Functional Materials for Magnetic, Electrotechnical and Electrochemical Applications".
The aim of this Special Issue is to cover all relevant aspects of materials science, highlighting the benefits of laser and plasma processing. Thus, submissions on laser ablation—in vacuum, in a controlled atmosphere, or in liquids—are all welcomed. Particular emphasis is placed on thin film deposition, nanostructures, nanomaterials, and nanocomposites for applications in magnetism, electrical engineering, and electrochemistry. Accordingly, this Special Issue welcomes original research and review manuscripts on the challenges and trends covering fundamental and experimental research, with a special focus on the design, synthesis, and characterization of any type of advanced functional materials, including:
- Magnetic materials and compounds—including glasses and ceramics (metals, oxides, non-oxides, composites, etc.); ferroelectric materials and multiferroics; and superconductivity materials and their response to magnetic fields;
- Carbon allotropes and structures—including diamond and diamond-like carbon (amorphous carbon); graphite, fullerenes, and carbon sheets (graphene, nanotubes, nanobuds, nanowalls, and nanoribbons); and carbon fiber composites; activated carbon, carbon black, and carbonaceous nanomaterials;
- Organometallics and hybrid metal–organic materials—including for electrochemical synthesis, electroanalytical methods, and sensor applications;
- Functionally and/or structurally hybridized materials and technologies;
- Hybrid and nanohybrid materials for the removal of emerging pollutants.
The study of structure–shape–property relationships and related applications is also highly encouraged, in particular for magnetic sensors and electroanalytical applications. We also welcome manuscripts on the development of new experimental concepts, from the transfer, physical and/or chemical transformation, and high-resolution patterning of advanced thin films and nanomaterials to the design and fabrication of devices with use in environmental protection technology, ecology, and ecological applications and ecological science to address current environmental problems.
Dr. Catalin-Daniel Constantinescu
Prof. Dr. Lucian Petrescu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- functional materials
- ceramic materials
- non-oxide ceramics
- laser and plasma processing
- magnetism and electrical engineering
- thin films and multilayers
- planar transformers
- modeling and simulation
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