Nanomaterials and 2D Materials Based on Semiconductors and Metals: Second Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Novel results on the nanomaterials and 2D materials of semiconductors and metals fuel the realization of advanced devices for a wide range of applications, including electronics, photonics, and sensing. This Special Issue will focus on the aspects of nanotechnology associated with different types of nanomaterials, 2D materials, and their composites. Different issues relevant to low-dimensional structures, such as nanowires, nanotubes, 2D flakes and films, nanocrystals, and nanopores, may be covered. This Special Issue includes all the fabrication approaches that can be used to engineer matter at the micro-/nanoscale such as (but not limited to) lithography, reactive ion etching, physical and chemical vapor deposition, dry and wet etching, physical exfoliation, and other different routes for nanofabrication. Moreover, defect engineering and characterization with regard to the impact of crystal quality on the properties of electronic and photonic devices are the topics of this Special Issue.

The photonics, microelectronics, and sensing applications of synthesized nanomaterials and 2D materials are interesting topics in this Special Issue. Photonic devices, such as detectors, light-emitting sources, waveguides, and optical modulators as well as heterojunction, MOSFET, and other transistor devices, are included. Another research interest is the application of nanomaterials in the field of biological and chemical sensing and their impact on sensing performances.

To summarize, this Special Issue of Nanomaterials will attempt to cover the most recent advances in the fabrication of nanomaterials and 2D materials as building blocks of novel devices for photonics, electronics, and sensing and how their morphological and structural properties are related to device performance.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The fabrication of several nanostructures, 2D materials, nanodevices, and nanosensors;
• Nanowires, nanorods, nanotubes, 2D materials, and nanocluster and characterization;
• Carrier transport in nanodevices;
• Optoelectronic materials and devices using Si-based heterostructures and other different types of nanostructures;
• Defect characterization and engineering;
• The integration of photonics with Si CMOS technology;
• Strain band-gap engineering and carrier transport in CMOS;
• Si-based waveguide technology and other optoelectronics devices;
• Light-emitting devices, detectors, waveguides, and optical modulators;
• Nanomaterials and 2D materials for high-power electronics;
• Nanomaterials and 2D materials for energy storage applications;
• Flexible electronics, sensors and coatings based on 2D materials;
• Nanomaterials for biosensors and other life science applications;
• The rare earth doping of Si nanostructures;
• Sensors based on Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering;
• Tissue repair applications using a nanomaterial-based substrate;
• Antibacterial nanomaterial platforms;
• Environmental sensing.

Dr. Alessia Irrera
Dr. Antonio Alessio Leonardi
Dr. Maria Josè Lo Faro
Guest Editors

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• nanotechnology
• nanomaterials
• 2D materials
• photonics
• sensors
• energy storage
• electronics
• semiconductors
• metals

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