Multifunctional Antireflective Coatings and Nanocomposites
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 4466
Special Issue Editor
Interests: hybrid materials; functional dyes; daylight photocatalytic systems; photo- and thermochromic materials; sol–gel processes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to present a collection of studies describing recent advances and the state of the art in the field of “Multifunctional Antireflective Coatings and Nanocomposites”. Therefore, to disseminate original, theoretical, and applied scientific research in the field, I would like to invite you to submit your work to be published in this Special Issue.
Multifunctional antireflective coatings and nanocomposites have attracted much interest due to the spectacular development of emerging technologies, solar cells being at the top of the hierarchy. However, regardless of the application domain, in addition to the main functionality of the antireflection effect and a high degree of transparency with omnidirectional efficiency over a broad range of the spectrum, other characteristics of film-forming materials have been developed at the same time, including surface wetting, a self-cleaning ability, mechanical or thermal resistance, adhesivity or scratch resistance, UV protection, and antiglare or anti-fogging properties.
Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:
- mono-, bi-, or multiayer nanostructured designs;
- composite patterned structures;
- hybrid coatings and composites;
- fabrication methods (bottom-up and top-down approaches);
- structure and morphology;
- customized omnidirectional efficiency over a small or broad range of the spectrum; and
- tailoring of other properties for special applications.
Dr. Valentin Raditoiu
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- • organic–inorganic hybrids
- • surface functionalization
- • self-cleaning
- • nanostructured coatings
- • controlled wettability.
