Novel Functional Materials for Electronics and Biomedicine
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced and Functional Ceramics and Glasses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 March 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: oxide systems; glass-ceramics; electrical properties; crystallization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Materials, “Novel Functional Materials for Electronics and Biomedicine”.
The design and synthesis of new inorganic and organic materials, and composites made from them, with predetermined optical, electrical, mechanical and magnetic properties for electronic and biomedical applications are of significant importance. The proposed Special Issue aims to gather the latest results in research on appropriate initial compositions of various organic and inorganic materials, as well as their composites, and their preparation by applying a wide variety of experimental techniques. It further seeks to outline a brief review of the contemporary methods most often used to characterize the phase composition, structure and physical properties of the obtained materials. Finally, we hope to provide an introduction to the methods and technologies utilized to optimize energy conversion. We welcome regular articles on topics such as, but not limited to, the following:
- Bulk glasses and glass-ceramics for electronic and opto-electronic applications.
- Bulk glasses, ceramics and composites for biomedicine.
- Methods for surface modification and the characterization of materials.
- Energy conversion.
- Crystallization phenomena.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Ruzha Harizanova
Prof. Dr. Plamen Petkov
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- oxides
- chalcogeides
- metals
- azopolymers
- graphene
- glasses
- glass-ceramics
- composites
- crystallization
- energy conversion
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