The Future of Interfaces—a Step Further towards a Complete Understanding of Surfaces
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films and Interfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 4477
Special Issue Editors
Interests: surface science; surface spectroscopy; thin films, metallic and oxidic surfaces; novel interfaces; interface engineering; nanomaterials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Surfaces and interfaces of many types play a critical role in modern technologies associated with catalysis, electronics, energy conversion and storage, as well as medicine and health.
The goal of modern surface chemistry is to improve the understanding of the mechanisms and reactions at interfaces down to a molecular level. This in-depth understanding can be achieved by either controlling surface properties using surface-engineering techniques or by revealing the secrets of known surfaces with new or innovative analysis techniques.
The field of surface-engineering has rapidly expanded in the last few decades as the demand for enhanced materials has drastically increased. The thirst for materials displaying favorable properties (catalytic activity, optical transparency, toughness, conductivity, etc.) as well as their interactions with their surroundings in a specific manner has driven this expansion. In addition, the constant need for downscaling makes advances in surface-engineering even more important.
Over the past few decades, various surface-science techniques have been developed, and a vast amount of knowledge about surface chemistry has been accumulated. As the features being analyzed constantly decrease in size, the bulk analysis of small objects and surface analysis will be indistinguishable in the future, and any tool that can provide detailed information (compositional or structural) at the smallest spatial scale will be of interest.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present novel and interesting results for a better grasp of interface chemistry. The topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Surface materials and surface-engineering;
- Interfaces and their applications;
- Spectroscopic insights in surface chemistry.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Eric Sauter
Dr. Peter Thissen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- surface materials
- interface engineering
- thin films
- nanomaterials
- lithography
- surface spectroscopy
- novel interface applications
