Synthesis and Properties of Metal Oxide Thin Films

Dear Colleagues,

Nanostructured thin films have attracted a great deal of interest in recent decades due to their unique, size-dependent, physicochemical properties. This trend has been accompanied with a parallel development of thin film manufacturing technology, enabling the production of advanced thin film architectures and their application in a wide range of fields. The list of potential applications is practically endless, with an impact being had in nearly every industrial sector.

One of the hottest current research topics is the design and development of metal oxide thin films with tailored properties suitable for applications in different fields, including (opto-) electronics, (photo-) catalysis, (bio-) sensing, photovoltaic cells, spintronic, (bio-) medicine, surfaces with special characteristics like biomimetic surfaces, smart patterned surfaces, surfaces with controlled wettability, and so on.

Consequently, taking into account the multidisciplinary aspect of the research area of nanomaterials, this Special Issue welcomes the submission of research articles or reviews focused on the synthesis, characterization, and/or applications of metal oxide thin films. Topics of special interest include emerging applications as well as novel approaches for synthetizing metal oxide structures upon doping, nanostructuring, heterostructure assembling, etc. We invite authors from leading groups in the field to contribute, with the aim of providing a balanced view of the current state of the art in this discipline.

Dr. Raúl Gago
Guest Editor

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• nanostructured thin films
• metal oxide
• design and synthesis
• surfaces with special characteristics
• electronics