Symmetrical Studies in Optical Materials
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering and Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 60
Special Issue Editors
Interests: DFT calculations; electronic and optical properties; photovoltaic applications; perovskite compounds; thermodynamic stability; Monte Carlo simulation; NRBS
2. Laboratory of Materials, Energy and Environment (LaMEE), Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, B.P. 2390, Marrakech, Morocco
Interests: thin films; materials for electronics and solar cells; conducting polymers; hybrid photovoltaic cells; optical, electrical and physical characterization of materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Optical materials in the most general sense can be defined as materials whose function is to modify or control electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet (UV), visible, or infrared (IR) spectral regions.
Symmetry plays a fundamental role in the properties of optical materials. In optics, symmetry refers to the way in which a material or system retains its properties under certain geometric transformations, such as rotation, reflection, or translation. This symmetry influences many optical phenomena, such as the reflection, transmission, polarisation, and dispersion of light.
Symmetry in optical materials affects their behaviour with respect to light in fundamental ways, and is a crucial tool for designing optical devices such as lasers, modulators, and optical fibres.
We welcome submissions of manuscripts within the scope of this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. El Bounagui Omar
Dr. Abdelmajid El Mansouri
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- optoelectronic devices
- nanomaterials
- DFT calculations
- experimental characterisation
- thin films
- renewable energy
- conducting polymers
- hybrid solar cells
- perovskite materials
- optical materials
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