Carbon Nanomaterials for Photonics and Optoelectronics
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanophotonics Materials and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 132
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Carbon-based nanomaterials, including graphene, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene oxide (GO), fullerenes, and carbon quantum dots, have garnered significant attention for their unique electronic, optical, and mechanical properties, making them highly attractive for photonics and optoelectronics applications. In recent decades, substantial progress has been made toward high-performance light-emitting devices, photodetectors, and solar cells. Research efforts have focused on improving material quality and doping techniques, integrating optical microstructures, and designing new device architectures. Additionally, novel devices and optoelectronic systems have emerged, including skin-level applications, terahertz and single-photon sources, high-speed optical switches and modulators, and infrared photodetectors. Moreover, advancements in bipolar photoresponse and in-sensor optoelectronic computing are paving the way for reconfigurable image sensors and optosynaptic systems with enhanced recognition accuracy and high integration density.
This Special Issue of Nanomaterials aims to present the current state of the art in the use of carbon-based nanomaterials in photonics and optoelectronics. Topics of interest include carbon-based materials, optical microstructures for light field regulation, ultrafast photonics, novel device structures, and fundamental mechanisms to improve electro-optical or photoelectric conversion efficiency, as well as other innovative applications. We invite original research articles and review articles that address recent advancements in carbon-based photonics and optoelectronics.
Dr. Ying Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- carbon-based nanomaterials
- ultrafast photonics
- optical microstructures
- novel device architecture
- light-emitting devices
- photodetectors and image sensors
- solar cells
- in-sensor optoelectronic computing
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