Nanowires for Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2026 | Viewed by 22
Special Issue Editors
Interests: compound semiconductor materials and devices; epitaxial thin-film growth; nanoscale materials; strain relaxation in misfit systems
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Interests: GaAsSb(N) nanowires; photodetectors; optoelectronic devices; nanoengineering; molecular beam epitaxy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Nanomaterials on “Nanowires for Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices” addresses the field of semiconductor nanowires that has evolved since their early beginnings on synthesis to nanowire devices and applications that are the focus of much research effort today. Owing to their distinct one-dimensional geometry, nanowires exhibit unique properties, for example, strain relaxation in misfit systems and increased light harvesting, that are more challenging in thin film systems. Furthermore, both axial and core/shell nanowires and their heterostructures allow for expanded opportunities in bandgap engineering across a broad spectrum of nanolayered structure-based nanowire and substrate combinations.
We invite you to contribute original research articles and/or review papers focused on advanced nanowires and their heterostructures that represent the latest progress made in semiconductor nanowire electronic and optoelectronic devices and applications. Contributions that demonstrate nanowire capabilities that are not possible in thin films are particularly encouraged. Potential topics of interest include nanowire synthesis; physical, electronic, and optoelectronic properties; and devices fabricated using semiconductor nanowires.
Prof. Dr. Lew Reynolds
Prof. Dr. Shanthi Iyer
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanowires
- synthesis
- physical properties
- electronic and optoelectronic devices and applications
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