Editor-in-Chief: Yunqi Liu
School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, China
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Special Issue on Advanced Functional Nanomaterials for Optical, Photonic and Photoresponsive Applications
Aims and Scope
Functional nanomaterials are increasingly central to advances in optics and photonics because their composition, dimensionality, defects, interfaces, and surface chemistry can be engineered to control light absorption, emission, charge transfer, and photoresponse. This Special Issue aims to bring together recent experimental and theoretical developments in the design, synthesis, characterization, and application of advanced optical and photoactive materials. Particular attention will be given to semiconductor nanostructures, heterojunctions, metal oxides, hybrid materials, thin films, plasmonic systems, and emerging low-dimensional materials with tunable optical properties. Contributions addressing structure–property relationships, band-gap engineering, photoluminescence, nonlinear optical behavior, optical sensing, photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical processes, optoelectronic devices, and light-driven energy or environmental applications are welcome. Studies integrating spectroscopy, microscopy, computational modeling, machine learning, or advanced device fabrication are also encouraged. Both fundamental investigations and application-oriented studies demonstrating stability, reproducibility, device performance, or scalable processing are particularly suitable. By connecting materials chemistry and physics with optical functionality, this Special Issue seeks to highlight scalable strategies and mechanistic insights that can support next-generation photonic, sensing, energy-conversion, and photoresponsive technologies across interdisciplinary research in physics, chemistry, materials science, and engineering.
Lead Guest Editor
Jyoti Gaur
Rayat Bahra University, India
Research Interests: Functional Nanomaterials, Metal Oxide Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites, Green Synthesis, Semiconductor Photocatalysis, Surface and Interface Engineering
Guest Editor
Sanjeev Kumar
Chandigarh University, India
Research Interests: Metal Oxide Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites, Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles, Semiconductor Photocatalysis, Surface and Interface Chemistry, Structural and Optical Characterization of Functional Materials
Topics of Interest
Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Optical and Photonic Applications
• Optical Properties and Band-Gap Engineering Of Nanostructures
• Photoluminescent, Nonlinear Optical and Photoresponsive Materials
• Heterojunctions and Interfaces For Enhanced Photoresponse
• Metal Oxide and Hybrid Materials For Photonics
• Plasmonic and Low-Dimensional Materials For Light Manipulation
• Optical Sensing, Biosensing and Functional Photonic Platforms
• Photoelectrochemical and Photocatalytic Materials Under Light Irradiation
• Optoelectronic Devices, Thin Films and Photodetector Materials
• Computational and Machine-Learning Approaches In Optical Materials
Manuscript Submission Information
Submission deadline: April 30, 2027
Submissions that pass pre-check will be reviewed by at least two reviewers of the specific field.
If you have any queries regarding this special issue or other matters, please feel free to contact the editorial office: jopr@bonviewpress.com
