Novel Nanomaterials with Target Functionalities (2nd Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the 2nd Edition of the Special Issue entitled “Novel Nanomaterials with Target Functionalities (2nd Edition)”, focusing on the exploration of materials with innovative functions for advanced applications and the explanation of diverse phenomena.

This 2nd Edition envisions the development of new compounds, including studies on fundamental physicochemical properties such as electro-negativity or phase-transition behaviour developed on certain material classes that have revealed novel functionalities such as thermoelectricity, piezoelectricity, transparent conductors, topological insulators, and nanotechnologies that permit the synthesis of certain artificial nanostructures exhibiting the quantum Hall effect or Coulomb and spin blockade, and are very attractive for transistors, lasers and technological applications that require materials with two or more properties (transparent conductors, photovoltaic absorbers, etc.).

This Special Issue considers the properties of materials that can be induced and controlled by defects such as doping and treatments (thermal, irradiation, etc.) that enable targeted functionalities to be achieved (high carrier transport, light emitting, high Curie ferromagnetic temperature, high polarization, high selective sensing, etc.). The results obtained in the development of nanocomposite materials (multicomponent nanostructures, colloids, matrix-dispersed composite materials, mesoscale particles) exhibit target functionalities by controlling surface and interface phenomena.

This Special Issue covers all types of materials with target functionalities (inorganic, organic, hybrid, thin films, artificial structures, nanocomposites, and colloids) and will include papers addressing topics including but not limited to the following:

• Processing methods and technologies for novel materials with target functionalities;
• Structural and functional characterization studies;
• Theoretical models and simulations for materials’ electronic structure and for phenomena observed in novel materials;
• Advanced applications of novel materials with target functionalities.

This issue will include both reviews and original research papers focusing on theories and experiments on novel materials with target functionalities, materials processing and characterization, and all types of interactions and phenomena that explain materials’ target functionalities.

Prof. Dr. Felicia Iacomi
Dr. Isabelle Berbezier
Dr. Daniel Moraru
Prof. Dr. Tetsuya Yamamoto
Guest Editors

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