Recent Advances in Functional Metal Oxide/Metal Nanocomposites
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 June 2025 | Viewed by 5
Special Issue Editor
Interests: functional oxides; two-dimensional semiconductors; advanced heterostructures; microelectronic devices
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Dear Colleagues,
Functional oxides, including perovskite-type and transition metal compounds, possess a wide range of physical properties, including peizoelectricity, spin–orbit coupling, colossal magnetoresistance, and superconducting properties, that are of signficance to the development of next-generation microelectronics, optoelectronics, memrister and sensing devices. Using advanced fabrication techniques, functional oxides can be integrated with metals, forming nanocale composites such as superlattices, nanoparticles-in-matrix, and nanowire/nanopillar-in-matrix; this enables the generation of exotic multifunctionalities that are tunable, including localized surface plasmon resonance and magneto-optical coupling, and multiferroic properties that can be controlled by changing the density or aspect ratio of the nanopillars. This Special Issue welcomes papers that present recent advances in functional metal oxide/metal nanocomposites, including fabrication, the characterization of structure and properties, and the practical application of devices.
Prof. Dr. Xuejing Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- thin films
- nanocomposites
- functional oxides
- multi-functionalities
- microelectronic devices
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