Synchrotron-Based Techniques for Advanced Studies of Nanostructured Materials

Dear Colleagues, 

I invite you to submit an article for the Special Issue “Synchrotron-based Techniques for Advanced Studies of Nanostructured Materials” of the journal Nanomaterials. Research on materials using synchrotron-based X-ray techniques is expanding rapidly. This Special Issue will focus on synchrotron-based X-ray techniques for nanostructured materials for a variety of applications, including energy, magnetic, and biological applications, among others. We welcome both review articles and original research manuscripts for this Special Issue. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Synchrotron-based technique characterizations of nanostructured materials;
• Emerging photo-, electro-, and photoelectro-nanocatalysts for converting renewable energy into fuels such as hydrogen, ethane, methanol, and ammonia, among others;
• Secondary batteries and supercapacitors for energy storage;
• Energy saving through the use of efficient nanocatalysts and smart materials;
• Synthesis and characterization of advanced nanoscale materials;
• Defect and surface engineering for novel functional materials;
• Surface and interfacial atomic and electronic structures;
• Physicochemical properties of the surfaces and interfaces of hybrid nanostructures;
• Nanostructured materials for magnetic and biological applications.

Prof. Dr. Chung-Li Dong
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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. Nanomaterials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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• synchrotron radiation
• X-ray absorption spectroscopy
• X-ray emission spectroscopy
• X-ray microscopy, X-ray spectro-microscopy
• X-ray photoemission spectroscopy
• atomic/electronic structures
• nanostructured material
• defect engineering, nano-engineering, energy materials
• magnetic materials