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Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications in Electronic Devices

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 784

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CNR NANOTEC—Institute of Nanotechnology c/o Campus Ecotekne, University of Salento, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Interests: Inorganic colloidal nanocrystals; synthetic mechanism; surface chemistry; solution processability; deposition techniques; photocatalysis; thermal catalysis; electrocatalysis electrochromic application; photovoltaic

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Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
Interests: optics and photonics of nanomaterials; 1D and 2D materials and heterostructures; excitons in quantum confined systems; optical nanoresonators; light–matter interactions; advanced microscopy; ultrafast spectroscopy
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Dear Colleagues,

Nanocrystals and nanomaterials are considered ideal building blocks or nano-tools for the fabrication of more complex functional materials and functional devices. Their potential applications span from fine chemical manufacturing to greenhouse gas mitigation. Thus, they have been continually developed. Even though tremendous progress has been made in nanomaterial synthetic approaches able to operate a rigorous control of size, shape, and composition in solution-processable nanocrystals, together with post-synthetic surface science, they are still limited in technology and daily life applicability in more relevant industrial conditions. In this view, colloidal nanocrystals are presented as powerful building blocks for functional materials in the view of fundamental understanding. Various assembly, processing, and deposition techniques of nanocrystals can be arranged for operative architectures in scales of several orders of length. Moreover, by combining different nanocrystals, properties can be fine-tuned or selected for application, opening up fascinating opportunities to create specific functionalities.

We are pleased to invite you to contribute original research articles or comprehensive reviews to this Special Issue.

This Special Issue aims to link insights on nanomaterials production, their surface science, and realistic operative conditions in electronic functional devices.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Riccardo Scarfiello
Dr. Armando Genco
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Keywords

  • nanomaterials synthesis and characterization
  • nanomaterials devices and applications
  • colloidal nanocrystals
  • nanowires
  • functional nanomaterials
  • nanomanipulation
  • nanofabrication
  • electronic devices

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Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanoparticles as an Efficient Photocatalyst for the Degradation of Diclofenac in Water
by Giorgio Tseberlidis, Vanira Trifiletti, Amin Hasan Husien, Andrea L’Altrella, Simona Binetti and Fabio Gosetti
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(21), 9923; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14219923 - 30 Oct 2024
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Dangerous emerging water micropollutants like Diclofenac are harming ecosystems all over the planet, and immediate action is needed. The large bandgap photocatalysts conventionally used to degrade them need to be more efficient. Cu2ZnSnS4, a well-known light absorber in photovoltaics [...] Read more.
Dangerous emerging water micropollutants like Diclofenac are harming ecosystems all over the planet, and immediate action is needed. The large bandgap photocatalysts conventionally used to degrade them need to be more efficient. Cu2ZnSnS4, a well-known light absorber in photovoltaics with a bandgap of 1.5 eV, can efficiently harvest an abundant portion of the solar spectrum. However, its photocatalytic activity has so far only been reported in relation to the degradation of organic dyes, and it is usually used as a benchmark to assess the activity of a photocatalyst without testing its actual potential on a hazardous water micropollutant conventionally encountered in primary and secondary waters. Here, we report the promising photocatalytic activity of Cu2ZnSnS4 nanoparticles in the degradation of Diclofenac, chosen as a benchmark for dangerous emerging water micropollutants. Full article
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