Optics of 2D Materials: Fundamentals and Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Optics and Lasers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2020) | Viewed by 3710
Special Issue Editors
2. Centre for Photonics and 2D Materials, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Institutsky Lane 9, 141700 Dolgoprudny, Russia
Interests: graphene; 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures; novel optical materials; bio-sensing technology; linear and nonlinear nano-optics; plasmonics (including plasmonic and optical interconnects); scanning near-field optical microscopy; integrated and fiber optics; functional graphene-based devices
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2. IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
Interests: wave phenomena; polaritons in 2D materials and metamaterials (particularly in atomically-thick van der Waals structures); hyperbolic light; theory for near-field optical microscopy
Interests: graphene; 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures; molecular transport; two-dimensional channels; nanofluidics; novel optical materials; optical biosensors; surface plasmon resonance; plasmonics; integrated optics
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Since the first isolation of graphene, two-dimensional (2D) materials have been the subject of intense research. With the development of the synthesis/fabrication methodology, structure characterization, and functionality modification, a new era of 2D materials has begun, with a huge number of publications in the last few years dealing with the applications of 2D materials in a variety of areas. Most recently, increasing research efforts into 2D materials have been projected toward the optical phenomena within them, which are of interest not only from a fundamental scientific point of view but are also fascinating for various potential optoelectronic applications and technologies, covering a very wide spectral range from microwave to ultraviolet.
This Special Issue aims to bring together detailed studies and high-quality papers from the field of the optical properties of 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures. We would like to bring together experiments and theorists to review the current status of this burgeoning field and to identify the crucial areas where progress can be made. Accepted contributions will include fundamental optical properties (experiments, theory and simulations) and novel applications of 2D materials at the forefront of scientific knowledge (optical sensors, THz technologies, flexible optoelectronics, energy harvesting and storage, biomedical, thermal management and others).
Prof. Dr. Valentyn S. Volkov
Dr. Alexey Y. Nikitin
Dr. Yury V. Stebunov
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Graphene
- van der Waals materials
- 2D materials
- plasmons
- excitons
- phonons
- polaritons
- atomically-thick layers
- ultra-thin films
- meta-surfaces
- THz technologies
- optical sensors
- novel optical materials
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