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Feature Paper in Section Carbon Materials

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Carbon Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2022) | Viewed by 12130

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Prof. Dr. Stefano Bellucci

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Interests: carbon nanotubes; material sciences; nanotechnology; multifunctional materials; nano carbon; biomedical applications
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Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce this Special Issue entitled “Feature Papers in Carbon Materials”. This is a collection of relevant white papers, topic overviews, tutorials, and seminal work of current interest in the field. Its scope includes but is not limited to carbon black which is either synthetic or of natural origin; carbon fibers and filaments, as well as carbon nanotubes; diamond and diamond-like carbon; fullerenes; glassy carbon; graphite; graphene; graphene–oxide; porous carbons; pyrolytic carbon; and other sp2 and non-sp2 hybridized carbon systems.

We hope this topic is of interest to you and invite you to send a tentative title and short abstract to our editorial office ([email protected]) for evaluation before submission. Please note that selected papers are still subject to thorough peer review. Well-prepared papers accepted for this Special Issue will be granted a discounted publication fee or waiver.

We look forward to receiving your excellent work.

Prof. Dr. Stefano Bellucci
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Keywords

  • nanotechnological applications in biomedicine
  • optoelectronics
  • energy
  • nanoscale materials and characterizations
  • low-dimensional nanostructures and devices
  • carbon-based nanocomposites
  • magnetic carbon-based nanomaterials
  • electrical double-layer capacitors
  • carbon-based electrodes
  • supercapacitors
  • nanocarbons—graphene, graphite, carbon nanotubes, carbon fibers, fullerenes
  • microwave applications
  • passive components of graphene
  • two-dimensional materials
  • engineered nanomaterials
  • cytotoxic, genotoxic, oxidative, dermal, cardiovascular, immunological, and respiratory effects of engineered nanomaterials
  • biodegradation and biocompatibility of engineered nanomaterials
  • risk assessment and risk management from exposure to engineered nanomaterials
  • drug delivery systems
  • nanoparticles
  • biomaterials
  • liposomes
  • hydrogels
  • advanced material for immunosensors
  • surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy
  • electrochemical sensors
  • nanotools
  • pharmaceutical chemistry
  • industrial applications
  • prosthetics
  • dental applications
  • artificial bones
  • transition metal dichalcogenides
  • chiral symmetry breaking
  • quantum symmetry breaking
  • dynamical symmetries

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Theory of Electron Correlation in Disordered Crystals
by Stanislav P. Repetsky, Iryna G. Vyshyvana, Sergei P. Kruchinin and Stefano Bellucci
Materials 2022, 15(3), 739; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15030739 - 19 Jan 2022
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This paper presents a new method of describing the electronic spectrum and electrical conductivity of disordered crystals based on the Hamiltonian of electrons and phonons. Electronic states of a system are described by the tight-binding model. Expressions for Green’s functions and electrical conductivity [...] Read more.
This paper presents a new method of describing the electronic spectrum and electrical conductivity of disordered crystals based on the Hamiltonian of electrons and phonons. Electronic states of a system are described by the tight-binding model. Expressions for Green’s functions and electrical conductivity are derived using the diagram method. Equations are obtained for the vertex parts of the mass operators of the electron–electron and electron–phonon interactions. A system of exact equations is obtained for the spectrum of elementary excitations in a crystal. This makes it possible to perform numerical calculations of the energy spectrum and to predict the properties of the system with a predetermined accuracy. In contrast to other approaches, in which electron correlations are taken into account only in the limiting cases of an infinitely large and infinitesimal electron density, in this method, electron correlations are described in the general case of an arbitrary density. The cluster expansion is obtained for the density of states and electrical conductivity of disordered systems. We show that the contribution of the electron scattering processes to clusters is decreasing, along with increasing the number of sites in the cluster, which depends on a small parameter. Full article
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Effect of the Construction of Carbon Fiber Plate Insert to Midsole on Running Performance
by Fengqin Fu, Ievgen Levadnyi, Jiayu Wang, Zhihao Xie, Gusztáv Fekete, Yuhui Cai and Yaodong Gu
Materials 2021, 14(18), 5156; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185156 - 8 Sep 2021
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In this paper, to investigate the independent effect of the construction of the forefoot carbon-fiber plate inserted to the midsole on running biomechanics and finite element simulation, fifteen male marathon runners were arranged to run across a runway with embedded force plates at [...] Read more.
In this paper, to investigate the independent effect of the construction of the forefoot carbon-fiber plate inserted to the midsole on running biomechanics and finite element simulation, fifteen male marathon runners were arranged to run across a runway with embedded force plates at two specific running speeds (fast-speed: 4.81 ± 0.32 m/s, slow-speed: 3.97 ± 0.19 m/s) with two different experimental shoes (a segmented forefoot plate construction (SFC), and a full forefoot plate construction (FFC)), simulating the different pressure distributions, energy return, and stiffness during bending in the forefoot region between the SFC and FFC inserted to midsole. Kinetics and joint mechanics were analyzed. The results showed that the footwear with SFC significantly increased the peak metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ) plantarflexion velocity and positive work at the knee joint compared to the footwear with FFC. The results about finite element simulation showed a reduced maximum pressure on the midsole; meanwhile, not significantly affected was the longitudinal bending stiffness and energy return with the SFC compared to the FFC. The results can be used for the design of marathon running shoes, because changing the full carbon fiber plate to segment carbon fiber plate induced some biomechanical transformation but did not significantly affect the running performance, what is more, reducing the peak pressure of the carbon plate to the midsole by cutting the forefoot area of the carbon fiber plate could be beneficial from a long-distance running perspective for manufacturers. Full article
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Characterization of Carbon Nanostructures by Photoelectron Spectroscopies
by Giorgio Speranza
Materials 2022, 15(13), 4434; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15134434 - 23 Jun 2022
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Recently, the scientific community experienced two revolutionary events. The first was the synthesis of single-layer graphene, which boosted research in many different areas. The second was the advent of quantum technologies with the promise to become pervasive in several aspects of everyday life. [...] Read more.
Recently, the scientific community experienced two revolutionary events. The first was the synthesis of single-layer graphene, which boosted research in many different areas. The second was the advent of quantum technologies with the promise to become pervasive in several aspects of everyday life. In this respect, diamonds and nanodiamonds are among the most promising materials to develop quantum devices. Graphene and nanodiamonds can be coupled with other carbon nanostructures to enhance specific properties or be properly functionalized to tune their quantum response. This contribution briefly explores photoelectron spectroscopies and, in particular, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and then turns to the present applications of this technique for characterizing carbon nanomaterials. XPS is a qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis technique. It is surface-sensitive due to its limited sampling depth, which confines the analysis only to the outer few top-layers of the material surface. This enables researchers to understand the surface composition of the sample and how the chemistry influences its interaction with the environment. Although the chemical analysis remains the main information provided by XPS, modern instruments couple this information with spatial resolution and mapping or with the possibility to analyze the material in operando conditions at nearly atmospheric pressures. Examples of the application of photoelectron spectroscopies to the characterization of carbon nanostructures will be reviewed to present the potentialities of these techniques. Full article
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