Recent Advances in Self-Assembled Materials with Programmable Functions
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 1543
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular self-assembly; on-surface reaction; molecular electronics; single molecule junction; STM; conductive-AFM
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Interests: nanomaterials such as metal clusters; nanoparticles; and molecular aggregates; structural chemical factors that underpin the physicochemical phenomena that these materials exhibit and functional design
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As a promising and efficient nanofabication method, self-assembly should eventually contribute to the development and manufacturing of materials and devices for real-world applications. The field of self-assembly is moving far beyond the early reports on fabrication, with a new focus on forming materials with programmable functions. Self-assembly is the spontaneous formation, from atoms, small molecules, or various types of building blocks, of highly organised functional nanoarchitectures on surfaces.
Organic nanomaterials having sophisticated structures, with desirable electronic, photonic, energy storage, and chemical formation functionalities, are expected to be engineered through self-assembly.
In this respect, specific self-assembly is particularly useful for making materials with selective structural features with nanometer precision. These systems can be established by non-covalent interactions, such as hydrogen or halogen bondings, van der Waals interaction, stacking, and electrostatic or organic–ionic material interactions. The design and the nature of the building blocks are key parameters not only to govern the formation of the self-assembled nanoarchitectures but also for programming their intrinsic functional properties.
This Special Issue welcomes the submission of original research papers or comprehensive reviews reporting the self-assembly of novel nanostructures or materials with programmable functionality. Papers related to significant advances in self-assembly not only in material fabrication but also as regards the functionalities, with potential applications to sensors or electronic devices, ect., are also encouraged.
Dr. Xiaonan Sun
Prof. Dr. Takuya Nakashima
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- molecular self-assembly
- on-surface reaction
- molecular electronics
- single molecule junction
- STM
- conductive-AFM
