Graphene and Other 2D Layered Nanomaterials and Hybrid Structures: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Volume II)
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 6723
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Interests: composite/hybrid materials and nanomaterials; surface Science; microscopies and spectroscopies; catalysis and photocatalysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is dedicated to highlighting significant findings in the field of materials based on two-dimensional/layered systems, their hybrid structures, and composite materials. Graphene, together with a variety of newly developed 2D inorganic systems, has attracted a remarkable amount of attention due to its unprecedented properties/superior performance, encouraging its application in many fields. These two-dimensional systems are known for the fact that they are ultrathin, and hence, tend to be flexible, while also presenting nearly intrinsic and distinctive characteristics, including electronic, magnetic, optical, thermal conductivity, and superconducting properties. Furthermore, the combination of different structures and synergetic effects may open new and unprecedented perspectives, making these ideally assembled systems multifunctional and advanced materials. On this matter, significant examples come from the stacking together of 2D crystals, which can perfectly tune materials to the wavelengths of solar light. On the other hand, the ultralow sliding friction resulting from the contact between two crystalline materials or a crystalline material with a more disordered system makes superlubricity possible, which implies a reduction by orders of magnitude in friction compared to that measured for their 3D counterparts.
This Special Issue is primarily addressing two-dimensional (nano)structures and layered materials, from their syntheses/characterizations to their applications. Fundamental findings and theoretical studies contributing to the understanding of their basic principles are also welcomed.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the preparation, properties, and applications of materials containing:
- Few-layered materials;
- Graphene and graphene-like systems (i.e., graphene oxide);
- Transition metal dichalcogenides, carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides;
- Silicene, germanene, stanene, and phosphorene;
- van der Waals heterostructures, and all-inorganic and organic–inorganic hybrids;
- 2D organic framework systems and 2D polymers.
Prof. Dr. Federico Cesano
Prof. Dr. Domenica Scarano
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- 2D systems
- graphene
- graphene analogues
- layered materials
- hybrid structures
- van der Waals heterostructures
- synthesis
- properties
- characterization
- applications
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