Advanced Electron Microscopy/Spectroscopy Techniques for Novel Nanostructures and Nanomaterials
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "D：Materials and Processing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (12 January 2024) | Viewed by 264
Special Issue Editors
Interests: transmission and scanning electron microscopy; 2D materials; orientation mapping; crystallography
Interests: materials characterization; texture analysis; electron back-scattered diffraction; additive manufacturing; high-entropy alloys
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Micromachines is an international and peer-reviewed journal based in Basel, Switzerland. For the past 14 years, it has aimed to provide an advanced platform for studies on micro/nano-scaled structures/materials, devices, and systems.
This Special Issue in Micromachines on advanced electron microscopy and spectroscopy techniques for novel nanostructures and nanomaterials provides a glimpse into how these techniques play a vital role in the design and fabrication of various systems, including in fields such as micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), nanotechnology, biomedicine, energy, electronics, and smart materials. These advancements in characterization techniques allow researchers to visualize and assess the dimensions, morphology, quality of microstructures, and detailed structural and compositional information on a nanoscale, ensuring precision and reliability. Leveraging add-on techniques such as energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), and electron diffraction, electron microscopy has further helped researchers to study nanoscale phenomena, such as quantum effects, surface plasmonics, and nanoscale manipulation. This knowledge enables the development of novel nanodevices, nanomaterials, and nanosystems with enhanced functionalities and performance.
In this Special Issue, we welcome your current research papers, communications, and review articles focused on the applications of electron microscopy/spectroscopy to the study of novel nanomaterials and nanostructures. Suggested research topics include the following: novel nanomaterials and nanostructures developed for the fields of MEMS, energy, electronics, smart materials, and beyond; the utilization of advanced characterization techniques such as electron microscopy/spectroscopy for micro- and nano-scale fabrication.
Dr. Amirali Zangiabadi
Dr. Mahmood Khorrami
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- transmission and scanning electron microscopy
- spectroscopy
- characterization
- 2D materials
- MEMS
- novel nanostructures and nanomaterials
- micro/nano-scale energy
- self-assembly
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