The Optical, Ferroelectric and Dielectric Properties of Thin Films
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films and Interfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 96
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optical; ceramics; semiconductors nanoparticles; thin films
Interests: ferroelectric, piezoelectric and multiferroic thin films; X-ray diffraction; crystallography; sol-gel
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a Special Issue entitled “The Optical, Ferroelectric and Dielectric Properties of Thin Films”.
The miniaturization of microelectronic devices is a challenge. Ferroelectric films are used in sensors, actuators, piezoelectric, and memories. At the nanometer scale, the aim of these films is to increase power and decrease leakage currents when thin films are polarized.
In thin optical films where the propagation of light depends on the polarization of light and control over the thickness and morphology of the films, the latter limits our ability to adjust the films’ optical response for the desired applications. Multiferroic thin films can possibly coexist with these properties in a single phase. Studies of multiferroics have led to the discovery of new materials and remarkable magnetoelectric phenomena.
In this Special Issue, we are interested in the properties of thin films such as the following:
- Optics, Piezoelectricity, Ferroelectrics, Multiferroics, and Semiconductors;
- The interaction between waves and microstructure, functionality, and novel synthesis techniques.
This Special Issue will be published under the journal Materials, which has an Impact Factor of 3.1 and a CiteScore of 5.8. The deadline for submissions is 20 June 2025.
We cordially invite you to submit your work for publication in this Special Issue.
Dr. Hilda Esperanza Esparza-Ponce
Dr. Armando Reyes Reyes-Rojas
Dr. Alfredo Aguilar-Elguézabal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- optical systems
- ferroelectrics
- semiconductors
- dielectrics
- piezoelectric
- thin films
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