Nanophotonics and Ultrafast Energy Dynamics at Nanoscale Interfaces
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanophotonics Materials and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 39
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ultrafast pump–probe spectroscopy; 2D heterostructures; carrier dynamics; light–matter interaction
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Dear Colleagues,
Ultrafast spectroscopy has become a powerful tool for unveiling the elementary processes of energy and charge transfer, carrier relaxation, and excited‐state dynamics in nanoscale materials and interfaces. In recent years, the rapid development of nanomaterials—including two-dimensional semiconductors, perovskites, quantum dots, and plasmonic nanostructures—has provided unprecedented opportunities to explore light–matter interactions at femtosecond and even attosecond temporal resolutions. Understanding these ultrafast processes is crucial for optimizing optoelectronic, photonic, and quantum devices based on such materials.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive platform for the latest advances in nanophotonics and ultrafast energy dynamics at nanoscale interfaces. We invite contributions that deepen the mechanistic understanding of photoinduced processes and demonstrate innovative experimental or theoretical approaches. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, ultrafast spectroscopy of low-dimensional materials, charge and exciton dynamics, coherent control of light–matter interactions, hot carrier dynamics, and multidimensional spectroscopic techniques. Both original research papers and reviews are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Ti Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ultrafast spectroscopy
- carrier dynamics
- excited-state processes
- energy and charge transfer
- nanophotonics
- two-dimensional materials
- perovskite nanostructures
- quantum photonics
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