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Advanced Nanoparticle Assembly

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2022) | Viewed by 275

Special Issue Editor

Department of Materials Science Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Interests: nanotechnology; physics of low dimensions; fabrication of thin films and nanostructures via a range of physical vapour deposition techniques and solution processing methods (sol–gel); light–matter interactions and optical properties of materials and thin films both from experimental (spectroscopic ellipsometry) and computational point of view (finite-difference time–domain method); self-assembly of noble metal layers into nanoparticles using laser processing; this method provides a new route to design predefined morphologies of surface and sub-surface nanoparticle arrangements with simplicity and versatility; defect engineering and modulation of the crystal structure, chemistry and composition, optical and electronic properties of materials via laser annealing
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The recent advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology have provided the sophisticated tools to fabricate, investigate and characterise new functional elements at low dimensions, such as nanoparticles. Nanoparticles, whose properties can be significantly different from their corresponding bulk counterparts (importantly, can be broadly tailored), are becoming the major building blocks to develop new materials with unprecedented properties. The wide variety of potential applications of nanoparticles in biomedical, optical and electronic fields, among others, has intensified the research in their efficient formation, in order to meet the demands of materials and device manufacturing.

Two distinct fabrication routes have been mainly followed: the top-down approach, where physical processes are exploited for slicing and dicing macroscopic entities down to the nanoscale, and the bottom-up approach, where atomic-scale chemical forces drive the molecular self-assembly. Practically speaking, the top-down route offers unparalleled control and reproducibility down to a few nanometres in feature size but at high cost for large area processing, while the bottom-up approach naturally applies for macroscopic scale nano-patterning albeit without the fine feature and reproducibility control.

It is becoming, therefore, of great importance to establish new methods of manufacturing materials and devices that can effectively incorporate various nanoparticles with control over their size and structure but at the same time with accuracy and reproducibility.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue in Advanced Nanoparticle Assembly. In this Special Issue, we invite submission of manuscripts on nanoscale materials and potential applications, spanning from biology and medicine to nanophotonics. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.

Dr. Nikolaos Kalfagiannis
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Nanoparticles
  • Nanomaterials
  • Self-Assembly
  • Functional materials
  • Nanotechnology

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