Smart and Multifunctional Thin Film Materials and Applications for Sensors and Actuators
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 2944
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Smart and multifunctional thin film materials can play multiple roles in specific applications, including structural support, reliability enhancement, filtering, sensing, and actuation. The change from bulk materials to thin films is increasingly being implemented in many different fields, thanks to advances in bottom–up fabrication methods and the use of nanomaterials, including polymers, metal oxides, and III-V and II-VI semiconductors, among others.
Comprehensive knowledge of the chemical, physical, and responsive proprieties of multifunctional materials requires a multidisciplinary approach; therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is devoted to the dissemination of new and original knowledge on all aspects related to micro- and nanostructured thin film materials. This Special Issue is particularly interested in multifunctional thin films that selectively sense physical signals and chemical processes. Articles should be focused on the synthesis, characterization, functionalization, and development of multifunctional thin film materials that may be used to provide new and improved multifunctional applications, including but not restricted to sensing and actuations. Papers may also address new thin film material preparation strategies or systems to enhance the response and detection limits of a given thin film sensor. The scope of this Special Issue encompasses, but is not restricted to, the following list of thin film materials and responses:
- Nanomaterials;
- Flexible polymer composites applied to sensing;
- Gas sensors using 2D materials;
- Piezoresistive effect;
- Thermoelectric effect
- Piezoelectric effect;
- CNTs, graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, and metal oxides, among others;
- Self-cleaning, self-healing;
- Electro- and thermochromics.
Dr. Armando Ferreira
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Piezoelectric sensors
- Piezoresistive sensors
- Thermoresistive sensors
- Magnetoelectric sensors
- Chemical sensors
- Device/application development
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