Chemistry and Physics of Low-Dimensional Materials
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 4496
Special Issue Editors
Interests: catalysis; nanomaterials and nanotechnology, chemistry of phyllomorphous (2D) materials [in particular inorganic layered structures, clay-based materials (clays, pillared clays, organo-clays, LDHs), carbon layered structures, TMDs, germanane etc]; carbon nanostructures [carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, graphene, graphite oxide, carbon dots, molecular diamonds]; hybrid organic-inorganic nanocomposites; mesoporous materials; metallic (magnetic or semiconducting) nanoparticles and biocatalysts
Interests: fundamental properties of 2D crystals; organic-inorganic hybrid thin films and (pillared) graphene for spintronics, hydrogen storage, catalytic and biomedical applica¬tions as well as environmental remediation; cluster-assembled films as materials for neuromorphic computing; new functional surfaces with synthetic molecular motors and switches; organic thin films for molecular electronic applications
Interests: molecular relaxation dynamics; charge conduction processes; phase transitions; dielectric spectroscopy; organic glass formers; plastic crystals and orientationally disordered crystals; molecular thin films; polymer membranes, blends, nanocomposites; amorphous polymer dispersions
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Over the last two decades, great advances have been recorded in the field of low-dimensional materials— or simple nanomaterials— as a result of the ongoing progress in nanotechnology that provides efficient chemical approaches and advanced methods for the design, development, and study of simple or hybrid nanostructured materials for targeted applications. Low-dimensional materials comprise zero-dimensional (0D) nanostructures (i.e., nanoparticles or nanodots); one-dimensional (1D) nanomaterials like nanowires, nanotubes, or nanofibers; two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials (i.e., layered materials, polymer membranes or thin films); and even three-dimensional (3D) nanomaterials such as nanoporous materials, hybrid nanocomposites, or nanoflowers. Layered clays, LDHs, chalcogenides, MOFs, inorganic 2D materials, diamondoids, fullerenes, graphene and its analogues, carbon nanotubes or fibers, halloysite nanotubes, polymer and molecular coatings, quantum dots, hierarchical and other mesoporous materials (CMKs, OMS, 2DOM, carbon cuboids, HMS, MCM etc.), inorganic nanotubes, and metal nanoparticles as well as their composite or hybrid derivatives are only some examples of this exciting field of materials. These materials have been extensively studied, both theoretically and experimentally, due to their interesting mechanical, chemical, optoelectronic, catalytic, and (di)electric properties.
The Special Issue on the Chemistry and Physics of Low-Dimensional Materials is open for the submission of manuscripts related to the synthesis, characterization, and study of properties and potential applications of low-dimensional materials. The scope of the Special Issue includes advanced synthesis routes; structural, morphological, and physico-chemical characterization; the evaluation and fundamental understanding of structure–properties relationships; and possible interactions and/or incorporation with other nanomaterials. The topic is not limited to chemical and physical aspects of low-dimensional materials, but is also extended to potential applications of these materials. Experimental and theoretical original research articles as well as review papers are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Gournis
Prof. Dr. Petra Rudolf
Dr. Roberto Macovez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- low-dimensional materials
- nanomaterials
- layered materials
- hybrid materials
- nanoparticles and nanodots
- nanotubes and nanowires
- nanoporous materials
- thin films
- molecular materials
- polymeric materials, nanocomposites, fibers, scaffolds
- materials with low-dimensional disorder
- synthesis of nanomaterials
- characterization of nanomaterials
- applications of nanomaterials
