Nanowires and Quantum Dots for IoT Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Nanowires and quantum dots are emerging as building blocks for the bottom–up assembly of nano-devices and functional systems, holding promise for a variety of application fields including chemical and biological sensors, field effect transistors, light-emitting diodes, photovoltaic cells, and photodetectors. The continuous progress in the improvement of nanowires and quantum dots properties as well as the development of novel nanostructures has paved the way to significant achievements in electronic and optoelectronic device performance.

This volume intends to cover the main fundamental and technological achievements related to the preparation methods and techniques, as well as the optical, electrical, and structural properties of materials and devices based on nanowires and quantum dots. Numerical modelling of the fundamental properties of the nanowires and quantum dots as well as the modelling and simulation of nanoelectronic and optoelectronic devices based on these nanostructures are particularly welcome.

This Special Issue of Crystals focuses on these innovative topics by inviting original contributions as well as topical reviews dealing with the fabrication, characterization, and modelling of materials and devices based on crystalline nanowires and quantum dots for IoT applications.

Dr. Bassem Salem
Dr. Bouraoui Ilahi
Guest Editors

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