Next-Generation Optoelectronic Nanomaterials: Designed Synthesis, Interface Control, and Device Innovations
A Special Issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991) belonging to the section "Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 December 2026 | Viewed by 102
Editors
Interests: perovskite; micro–nano structures; quantum dots; sensing; solar cells; light-emitting diodes; photophysics
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Interests: photophysics; ultrafast spectroscopy; organic solar cells; low-dimensional materials; plasmonic; biosensors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanomaterials have become a cornerstone of modern optoelectronics, driving transformative advances in photovoltaics, sensing, displays, and beyond. Over the past few decades, the emergence of nanomaterials—from quantum dots and two-dimensional nanosheets to other emerging systems (e.g., perovskites, MXenes, van der Waals heterostructures)—has unlocked unprecedented control over light–matter interactions at the nanoscale. These developments enable devices with higher efficiency, lower cost, and novel functionalities. However, challenges remain in scalable synthesis, material/device stability, degradation mechanisms, interface engineering, charge-transfer dynamics, and device integration.
This Special Issue seeks innovative contributions that advance beyond established systems and knowledge, emphasizing scalability, multifunctionality, computational design, and novel physical insights into emerging materials. We aim to highlight significant advances in nanomaterial synthesis, characterization, fundamental photophysics, and optoelectronic applications.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Synthesis and assembly of nanomaterials;
- Low-dimensional nanomaterials (0D, 1D, and 2D);
- Carbon-based nanomaterials;
- Metal and metal oxide nanomaterials;
- Organic and hybrid nanomaterials;
- Nanoporous and composite nanomaterials;
- Nanomaterials for photovoltaic devices;
- Nanomaterial-based LEDs and photodetectors;
- Optical sensors and bio-imaging probes;
- Flexible and wearable optoelectronics;
- Energy conversion and carrier dynamics;
- Interface engineering and surface passivation;
- Advanced characterization and machine learning approaches.
Dr. Wenping Yin
Dr. Xianshao Zou
Dr. Xinyue Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanomaterials synthesis
- solar cells
- LEDs
- optical sensors
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