Sputtering Deposition for Advanced Materials and Interfaces
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 1172
Special Issue Editors
Interests: thin-film solar cell; sputtering deposition
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite submissions to the Special Issue “Sputtering Deposition for Advanced Materials and Interfaces”.
“Sputtering Deposition for Advanced Materials and Interfaces” publishes new research on functional interfaces and their specific applications based on sputtering deposition, driving forward our understanding of interfacial processes. Interfaces between solids, liquids, and gases play an essential role in virtually all materials and devices. This Special Issue provides an international forum for advanced materials and interfaces, serving the interdisciplinary community of chemists, engineers, physicists, and biologists focusing on how newly discovered materials and interfaces can be developed and used for specific applications.
Both original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Applications of 2D materials and heterostructures;
- Surfaces and interfaces in optoelectronic devices;
- Applications of self-assembled and nanopatterned surfaces and interfaces;
- Biological and medical materials and interfaces;
- Organic electronic devices and interfaces;
- Energy, environmental, and catalysis materials;
- Functional inorganic materials and devices;
- Surfaces, interfaces, and applications;
- Functional nanostructured materials;
- Applications of polymer, composite, and coating materials.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yaowei Wei
Prof. Dr. Kalpathy B. Sundaram
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- sputtering deposition
- advanced materials and interfaces
- interfacial processes
- international forum
- interdisciplinary community
- new discoveries
- specific applications
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