Perspectives and New Horizons of Nanowires: From Synthesis to Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Nanowires have attracted increasing interest due to their potential applications in optically active devices, as building blocks for electronic-circuitry, in energy conversion devices, etc.  For all these applications and to fully utilize the potential of nanowires, it is important to understand different nanowire growth paradigms, surface properties, and structural properties such as crystal defects, polytypism, etc. In the last decade, there has been an explosion of work on the growth of nanowires by bottom-up catalytic and templated growth techniques. However, further research is needed to make complete progress in tailoring growth processes for the achievement of morphology, structure, and composition controlled 1-D nanostructures and 1D heterostructures (e.g., core/shell, branched, etc.) The control over the growth and synthesis of new materials and 1-D geometry can exploit the inherent electronic, optoelectronic, electrochemical, and/or thermal properties of the 1D nanostructure for their device implementation. This Special Issue will showcase the research on nanowires covering (but not limited to) the following topics: (i) new insights on the nanowire growth, (ii) novel synthetic methods, new materials and nanowire architectures, (iii) surface, interfaces and crystal structure in 1D nanocrystal, (iv) insights into the physical and chemical properties of nanowires, and (vi) application and device implementation of nanowires. This issue will highlight interdisciplinary research with contributions from varied research fields including materials science, physics, chemistry, engineering and biology.  

Dr. Subhajit Biswas
Guest Editor

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