Nanomaterials Special Issue

Dear Colleagues,

The synthesis of nanostructured surfaces and thin films by means of physical vapor deposition is currently a field of great interest in both scientific and technological aspects. Techniques such as pulsed laser deposition, magnetron sputtering, HiPIMS, or e-beam evaporation, among others, are key for the development of applications in photovoltaic cells, tribological coatings, optofluidic sensors, or biotechnology, to name a few. The nanostructuration of the surface allows for the tailoring of the way a material interacts with the environment, providing a tuning mechanism for its properties, be them optical, mechanical, electrical, tribological, or chemical. Unfortunately, the processes responsible for the formation of a certain nanostructure are, in most of the cases, not known with the sufficient depth to gain such a level of control. It is then necessary to study these nanostructuration mechanisms from both a technological point of view, by creating surfaces with novel nanostructures and applications, and by addressing more fundamental issues so that these processes are better understood.

This Special Issue invites manuscripts that present significant advances concerning both fundamental and applied research topics, which include but are not limited to the following:

• Thin film nanostructuration processes;
• Nanostructural properties;
• Anisotropic nanostructured surfaces;
• Atomistic processes during film synthesis;
• Simulation of nanostructured surfaces;
• Applications of nanostructured thin films;
• Devices.

Dr. Rafael Alvarez
Guest Editor

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• Thin film growth
• Nanostructure
• Nanoporous surface
• Synthesis methods
• Physical vapor deposition
• Surface properties