Novel Thin Films: Preparation, Modification, Characterization, and Applications
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: semiconductor physics and devices; optoelectronic devices; thin-film deposition; thin-film transistors (TFTs)
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Dear Colleague,
We would like to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue. The Special Issue provides a forum for materials scientists and engineers, physicists, and chemists to discuss “Novel Thin Films: Preparation, Modification, Characterization, and Applications”. The category of "Novel Thin Films" includes a wide range of thin films that are developed using innovative materials, methods, or techniques. Some examples of novel thin films include the following: graphene-based films, perovskite-based films, quantum dot-based films, 2D materials-based films, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)-based films, and metal oxide-based films. There are various techniques, such as pulse laser deposition, radio frequency magnetron sputtering, chemical vapor deposition, atomic layer deposition, and sol–gel coating, that represent methods for developing novel thin films, which enable the production of thin films with advanced properties such as high conductivity, large surface areas, high chemical stability, and unique optical properties. The aims of this Special Issue broadly cover the growth methods and mechanisms of thin films, unique methods for analyzing these thin films, and optical and electrical properties for electronics, optics, energy, biomedicine, environmental monitoring, catalysis, and coatings applications. In addition, this Special Issue also invites papers across a very wide range of related research fields.
Prof. Chunkai Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Novel thin films
- graphene-based films
- quantum dot-based films
- 2D materials-based films
- metal-organic frameworks-based films
- metal oxide-based films
- thin-film growth and modeling
- electronics, optics, energy, biomedicine, catalysis, and coatings applications
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