Advanced Infrared Technology and Applications
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 1677
Special Issue Editors
Interests: inorganic materials; chemistry; organics; thin-film transistors; nanocrystals; ultrafast spectroscopy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There are lots of applications for infrared light in the chemical, biological, and optoelectronic fields. In the field of chemistry, chemical bond vibrations fall within this range, enabling the infrared light-involved chemistry research methodology. In the field of optoelectronics, infrared light-emitting diodes, infrared lasers, and photodetectors are extensively utilized for remote sensing and control. Due to the thermal effect of infrared light, it is also utilized in the photothermal field to determine temperature remotely, such as in thermography, and to generate electricity, hence the term "thermophotovoltaic". In the biological field, the ability of infrared to penetrate deeply into human tissue enables a variety of non-destructive tests, such as infrared imaging, and the ability of infrared light to induce physiological effects enables a variety of infrared therapies.
Due to the high demand, suitable infrared-range materials, such as 2D materials and infrared quantum materials, are still being developed. In the meantime, the use of infrared light in photodetectors, thermography, and LEDs is being studied with the development of new materials for performance improvement.
This Special Issue on "Advanced Infrared Technology and Applications" encourages research ranging from the fundamentals of infrared materials to cutting-edge research uses of infrared light in a variety of fields, in the form of regular and review papers.
- The development of infrared light-absorbing and -emitting materials;
- The advancement of infrared light spectroscopy, such as atomic force microscopy-based infrared spectroscopy and ultrafast infrared light spectroscopy;
- The application of infrared light-absorbing/emitting materials in optoelectronic devices;
- The application of infrared light in the biological and medicinal domains;
- The development of infrared light-range photothermal materials and applications, including thermophotovoltaics.
Dr. Pan Xia
Dr. Dongxia Wei
Guest Editors
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