Growth, Characterization and Applications of Nanotubes: 3rd Edition
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanocomposite Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanotubes; electronic transport; photocatalysis; environment electronics; UV light sources
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Dear Colleagues,
Over the past few decades, the growing demand for device miniaturization has driven significant research on the growth, modification, properties, and applications of one-dimensional nanostructures, such as nanotubes. Nanotubes are cylindrical structures with diameters of 1–100 nm. In recent years, nanotubes synthesized from different kinds of materials (i.e., carbon (CNTs), titanium (NTAs), silicon carbide, boron nitride (BNNTs), etc.) have been selected as promising alternative materials for various applications, based on their characteristic properties. For example, CNTs are electrically insulating, semiconducting or have metallic conductance; NTAs have large area/volume ratio and faster electron transport, as well as low recombination rate of charge carriers, which enable increased photocatalytic efficiency and durability; SiC nanotubes can act as lightweight fillers in nanocomposites, catalyst supports, environment electronics, and hydrogen storage; and BNNTs are used in the study of photoluminiscence, cathodoluminescence, and absorption spectra, among others.
This Special Issue of Nanomaterials will attempt to cover the recent advancements in nanotube materials for electronic devices, photocatalytic devices, environment electronics devices, UV light source devices, and more.
Dr. Marius Dobromir
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanotubes
- carbon nanotube
- electronic transport
- photocatalysis
- environment electronics
- UV light sources
- CNTs
- NTAs
- BNNTs
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