New Advances in Functional Optical Thin Films
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 3744
Special Issue Editors
Interests: materials properties; polymer composite; sustainability materials; microstructural analysis
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Dear Colleagues,
Thin film technologies have been developing for many years. Research on and use of these nano- or microscale films has become very popular in recent decades in many research fields, such as in solar cells, optical sensors, display, and medical applictions. Furthermore, the processes of thin films have also been well developed, for example, sol–gel, thermal evaporation, chemical vapor deposition, and sputter technology.
This scope of this Special Issue aims to cover recent developments and the latest research advances in the field of functional optical thin film production, characterization, and application to photonics, optical sensors, optical fibers, solar cells, and green energy production. Authors are invited to submit their papers on optical sensors, energy harvesting devices, solar cells, and any device based on novel fuctional thin film materials. We kindly invite authors to submit a manuscript(s) to this Special Issue on experimental processes, opitcal property measurement, and theoretical and practical analysis of carrier transport and optical device applications.
In particular, the topic of interest includes but is not limited to:
- Novel optical functional materials;
- Flexible substrate and their optoelectronic applications;
- Mechanical properties of thin films;
- Fabrication, processing, and properties of optical thin film devices;
- Optical fiber application;
- Functional and conductive polymer thin films;
- Structural characterization of functional thermoelectric thin films.
Prof. Dr. Tao-Hsing Chen
Dr. Cheng-Hsien Kuo
Guest Editors
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