New Advances in Low-Dimensional Materials and Nanostructures

Dear Colleagues,

Modern high-tech production requires advanced nanomaterials and nanostructures with specified unique characteristics. The construction of next-generation technological processes is impossible without using an improved material base, so low-dimensional structures are of particular importance. The prospects for their application are very diverse. Due to their huge specific surface area, they are excellent adsorbents and catalysts, which is especially important in such areas as energy, biochemistry, and medicine. The miniaturization of electronics inevitably leads to the need to use appropriate semiconductor nanomaterials that differ from the traditional bulk ones, which will enable a significant increase in the speed of computing systems in the future. When it comes to green energy, such as hydrogen energy, it is extremely important to create functional nanomaterials that can store enough hydrogen to be used in fuel cells. In addition, the properties of low-dimensional materials can be easily modified and tuned by doping with various functional groups, which allows for obtaining the derivatives required for specific applications.

Articles on low-dimensional materials and nanostructures, including zero-dimensional, one-dimensional, and two-dimensional systems, are invited to this Special Issue. The synthesis, structure, various physicochemical characteristics, and applications of such materials are of great scientific and practical interest. Both experimental and theoretical research are encouraged.

Dr. Konstantin P. Katin
Dr. Mikhail M. Maslov
Guest Editors

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