Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Low-dimensional semiconductor materials, including quantum dots, nanowires, nanotubes, nanosheets, nanoplatelets, and two-dimensional semiconductors, have become one of the most active research areas in modern materials science and nanotechnology. Due to their reduced dimensionality, these materials exhibit distinctive physical and chemical properties, such as quantum confinement effects, tunable band structures, strong light–matter interactions, and high surface sensitivity. These unique features have opened new opportunities for both fundamental studies and practical applications in electronics, optoelectronics, energy conversion and storage, catalysis, sensing, and biomedicine. At the same time, continuous advances in synthesis methods, defect and interface engineering, heterostructure design, and characterization techniques have greatly promoted the development of low-dimensional semiconductor materials and deepened our understanding of their structure–property relationships.

This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances in the synthesis, fundamental properties, and practical applications of low-dimensional semiconductor materials. It aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for researchers working in chemistry, physics, materials science, nanotechnology, and engineering, with a particular focus on innovative preparation strategies, mechanism studies, performance optimization, and integration of low-dimensional semiconductor systems.

Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

• Controlled synthesis and scalable fabrication of low-dimensional semiconductor materials;
• Growth mechanisms, crystal structure control, and morphology engineering;
• Defect engineering, doping strategies, and surface/interface modification;
• Quantum dots, nanowires, nanorods, nanosheets, nanoplatelets, and 2D semiconductor materials;
• Semiconductor heterostructures, hybrid architectures, and van der Waals materials;
• Optical, electronic, thermal, magnetic, and mechanical properties;
• Carrier transport, exciton dynamics, and interfacial charge transfer processes;
• Advanced characterization techniques, including in situ and operando methods;
• Applications in transistors, photodetectors, light-emitting devices, and flexible electronics;
• Applications in photovoltaics, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and energy storage systems;
• Stability, reliability, and large-scale integration for practical applications.

Dr. Huawei Liu
Guest Editor

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