Recent Advances in the Synthesis and Excitonic Behavior of Nanomaterials: Photoluminescence and Optoelectronics
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 147
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanomaterials; optoelectronics; semiconductor materials; photoluminescence; exciton
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Interests: nanomaterials; chemosensors; biosensors; photodetectors; heterogeneous catalysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The precisely controlled fabrication and intentionally manipulated exciton dynamics of nanomaterials could potentially lead to the exploration of novel physical properties, improved optoelectronic device performance, and new research areas—such as superconductors, near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield, etc. These could find use in many areas of electronics, optoelectronics, and photonics. In recent years, much attention has been focused on semiconductor materials, including metal halide perovskites and π-conjugated molecular systems. Their carrier mobility, absorption coefficients, and controllable bandgaps have been widely and extensively investigated. However, several challenges, including structure stability, still exist in realizing optoelectronic and photonic applications.
This Special Issue invites authors to submit manuscripts that introduce the recent advances in the synthesis and excitonic behavior of nanomaterials regarding photoluminescence and optoelectronics. All theoretical and experimental research papers and reviews are welcome.
Topics include the following:
- Preparation of nanomaterials and nanocomposites (chemical vapor deposition (CVD), solution-based methods such as hydrothermal and solvothermal methods, and any other relevant methods, encompassing the introduction of novel methods of synthesizing nanomaterials.
- Optical characterization (photoluminescence (PL), Raman, etc.), microscopy (scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy), and spectroscopic characterization.
- Structure–property relationships of nanomaterials.
- Exciton dynamics (transport, annihilation, condensation).
- Surface and interface interactions.
- Optoelectronic applications of nanomaterials (photodetectors, photodiodes, solar cells, light-emitting diodes, nanolasers, field-effect transistors, phototransistors, and logic circuits).
- Fabrication of optoelectronic devices and electrical characterization.
Dr. Shuangyang Zou
Dr. Bedanta Gogoi
Dr. Duan Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanomaterials
- optoelectronics
- chemosensors
- biosensors
- photodetectors
- nanolasers
- heterogeneous catalysis
- semiconductor materials
- photoluminescence
- exciton
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