Low-Dimensional Structures for Smart Materials and Composites: Preparation, Properties and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 37084
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Interests: composite/hybrid materials and nanomaterials; surface Science; microscopies and spectroscopies; catalysis and photocatalysis
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is dedicated to highlighting significant findings in the field of materials based on low-dimensional systems (i.e. 0D, 1D, and 2D), their assembly and mixing to make composite materials. In fact, a variety of newly developed structures have attracted a remarkable attention due to their unprecedented properties, boosting those of more traditional counterparts. These low-dimensional systems are known for their high surface area and small spatial dimensions, leading to intrinsic and distinctive characteristics (electrical, optical, and magnetic properties). A shrewd combination of these structures or an arrangement in bulk materials may open new perspectives paving the way for unprecedented uses. On this matter, significant examples come from carbon nanostructures (i.e., high-structure carbon-black, carbon nanotubes, graphene) in polymers. These nanocarbons can effectively engender new (electrical, thermal, optical) properties in polymer materials. On the other hand, contact between two materials with small sliding friction can make superlubricity possible, implying a reduction in friction of orders of magnitude compared to 3D counterparts.
The present Special Issue is primarily addressed to materials with low-dimensional structures, from their preparation to their properties and applications. Fundamental and theoretical studies contributing to the understanding of their basic principles are also welcomed.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the preparation, properties, and applications of materials containing:
- 0D (nanoparticles, quantum dots, and small molecules);
- 1D (nanotubes, nanofibers, nanorods, and nanowires);
- 2D (2D organic framework systems, 2D polymers, and few-layered materials, including graphene, graphene-like systems (i.e., graphene oxide), and graphene analogues (i.e., transition metal dichalcogenides, carbides, nitrides, carbonitrides, silicene, germanene, stanene, and phosphorene);
- The interplay of low-dimensional structures in materials and composites;
- Materials engineering;
- Van der Waals heterostructures, all-inorganic materials, and organic–inorganic hybrids.
Prof. Dr. Federico Cesano
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- 0D (nanoparticles, quantum dots, and small molecules)
- 1D (nanotubes, nanofibers, nanorods, and nanowires)
- 2D (2D organic framework systems, 2D polymers, and few-layered materials, including graphene, graphene-like systems (i.e., graphene oxide), and graphene analogues (i.e., transition metal dichalcogenides, carbides, nitrides, carbonitrides, silicene, germanene, stanene, and phosphorene)
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