Nano and Smart Materials
PMetal oxide nanomaterials for advanced optoelectronics and environmental applications II
Metal oxides (MOX) are the most abundant materials in the Earth's crust and they play a key role in energy production and storage, sensing, biomedicine, and water purification. The aim of this symposium is to bring together specialists working on different aspects of MOX and establish synergies between research and industry.
Scope:
Metal oxides (MOX) refer to chemical compounds composed of oxygen and metallic elements. Due to their widespread distribution in the Earth's crust, tunable bandgap, chemical stability, outstanding thermal and electrical conductivity, and relatively facile synthesis of thin films and nanostructures, MOX have found a number of industrial applications in environmental remediation, cosmetics, energy storage and production, transparent conductive oxides (TCO), etc. MOX are also one of the most promising materials for high-temperature superconductors, quantum computing, optoelectronics, and super capacitors. To fully exploit the unique properties of MOX, close cooperation between scientific institutions and industry is essential. Thus, the symposium wants to favor a discussion between the worlds of science and industry, to understand each other's needs and the challenges facing the rapid implementation of innovations into widespread use.
The aim of the symposium is to bring together a broad scientific community up to date with the latest scientific developments in the preparation and properties of MOX thin films, nanostructures and heterojunctions and their applications in: (i) optoelectronics with emphasis on TCO, light emitting diodes and flexible electronics; (ii) photocatalysis and photoelectrochemistry including hydrogen production and decontamination; (iii) energy production and storage including low-emissivity coatings.
According to the guidelines, the symposium covers the following main topics of Fall Meeting 2026: sensing, transparent electronics, solar cells, materials for batteries, materials for water and air quality, synthesis and characterization of functional materials, nanomaterials.
Hot topics to be covered by the symposium:
- Fabrication and characterization of thin film metal oxides including different deposition methods (magnetron sputtering, ALD, spray pyrolysis, sol gel method etc.)
- Nanowires, nanoparticles and other nanostructures
- Bandgap engineering in oxides using doping, strain and heterostructures formation
- Enhanced performance of light emitting diodes and thin film transistors
- Transparent conductive oxide
- Materials for photocatalysis and photoelectrochemistry
- Oxides for supercapacitors and battery applications
- Piezoelectric ceramics
- Oxides for high power electronics and beyond
- Phase change oxides
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