Optical Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Research devoted to optics has been growing rapidly in the past decades together with numerous applications in many industrial fields (lightings, photovoltaics, sensors, etc). In order to provide a brief insight into the very latest achievements in the optical area, a Special Issue of the Molecules journal will be dedicated to optical properties in solids. This issue targets the molecular, inorganic and organic-inorganic hybrid compounds and composites, with a focus on the relationship between the structure and properties. In that context, experimental as well as theoretical contributions will be appreciated.

This Special Issue will cover several domains in optics, e.g., luminescence, transparent conductive oxides (TCO), X-chromic materials (e.g., photochromism and electrochromism), pigments, UV-absorbers, IR reflectors, etc. This issue wishes to exhibit the strengths of modern experimental synthesis, characterizations and applications of optical activities together with the intake of modelling tools used as super probe to rationalize properties or help in the conception of optical materials (bulk, nanoparticles, thin films). Indeed, in the last few years, the strong collaborations between experimentalists and theoreticians allowed to break locks and to design new materials with optimized properties. All these pioneer studies pave the way to the reinforcement between modelling and experiments. In this context, the Special Issue will meet theoretical and experimental works.

Dr. Stephane Jobic
Dr. Camille Latouche
Guest Editors

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• Materials (inorganics, organic-inorganic hybrids materials, composites, molecular materials)
• Luminescent materials
• Smart pigments
• Transparent conducting oxides and related materials
• IR reflectors
• Optoelectronics
• Defects and optics
• Optical materials for photocatalysis, photovoltaics, etc
• DFT and ab initio modelling
• Structure-property relationship