Electronic Structure of Novel Semiconducting Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Electronic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2026
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Semiconductor devices play a key role in virtually all areas of modern life. There is an intensive search for new materials for light emitters and detectors, such as LEDs and solar cells, as well as other optoelectronic devices. Materials science is helping to overcome the challenges posed by the climate crisis.
The purpose of this special issue is to publish a collection of papers presenting original research results on the electronic structure of semiconductor materials. The papers based on theoretical modeling and experimental results are equally welcomed. Both narrow and wide bandgap systems are of interest, i.e., semiconductors with potential applications in a wide electromagnetic radiation range (from the IR range to the UV range).
Dr. Maciej Winiarski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- semiconductors
- electronic structure
- bandgap
- theoretical modeling
- spectroscopy
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