Carbon-Based Materials

Dear Colleagues,

The aim of this Special Issue is to present the state-of-the-art research progress in the field of carbon-based nanomaterials. Since the experimental discovery of graphene in 2004, the field of carbon nanostructures has become one of the fast developed fields of science. In addition to studying the basic polymorphs of carbon (nanotubes, fullerenes, and graphene), carbon nanostructures of various morphology have been extensively studied. Moreover, new carbon materials with improved mechanical, electrical, chemical, and optical properties are predicted and considered to be very promising for practical application. The properties of such nanomaterials are commonly determined by their structural features.

The transition from carbon polymorphs to three-dimensional nanomaterials of complex architecture is currently an important task of material science. It is necessary to determine the possibilities of the existence of such structures at macroscopic and microscopic levels and examine in detail their properties to create a new generation of functional materials. Carbon-based materials in the form of films, fabrics, aerogels or microstructural materials are known by their large surface areas and pore volumes, light weight, a great variety of structural morphology, and how promising they are for nanoelectronics, energy storage, gas sensing, to name a few.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.

Prof. Dr. Julia A. Baimova
Guest Editor

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