Functional Nanostructured Organic and Hybrid Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications in Micromachines
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "D:Materials and Processing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 255
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Interests: organic and hybrid photovoltaic structures; transparent conductive oxides; atomic force microscopy; organic crystal growth
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Interests: metal oxide nanostructures; polymer/semiconducting hybrid composites; nanostructured thin films; optoelectronic devices
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the last several years, many research groups from sciences and engineering areas have focused on developing tailor-made, functional, nanostructured organic and hybrid materials for addressing and offering solutions to emerging issues from domains of greatest interest, including electronics, clean energy, environmental remediation, or human health. Moreover, the synergetic combination of the properties of organic and inorganic constituents in hybrid materials endorses them as one of the most powerful and versatile material classes that can solve many technological problems. The organic and hybrid nanomaterials can be obtained by various pathways covering wet chemical routes, dry physical methods, laser and vapor deposition techniques, etc. Further, these can be integrated into devices using different lithographical approaches, expanding their potential applications.
Consequently, this Special Issue invites the authors to contribute with research articles or reviews covering nanostructured organic and hybrid materials' synthesis, properties, and applications. The broad topical scope includes, but is not limited, to the following:
- Organic and organic–inorganic hybrid materials;
- Organic small molecules and (bio-)polymers;
- Inorganic compounds based on metal oxides, semiconductors, metals, carbon nanostructures;
- Synthesis pathways: wet (solution processing), dry (thermal oxidation, magnetron sputtering), laser, and vapor deposition techniques;
- Lithography processing;
- Fabrication of devices based on organic and organic-inorganic hybrid materials;
- Functional properties and applications in micromachines.
Dr. Marcela Socol
Dr. Nicoleta Preda
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organic small molecules
- polymers
- inorganic nanostructures
- hybrid composites
- developing nanostructured organic and hybrid materials by wet and dry methods
- laser and vapor deposition techniques
- lithography processing
- characterization of the organic and hybrid nanomaterials
- devices integrating functional nanostructured organic and hybrid materials
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