About this Research Topic
As the use and applications of nanomaterials become increasingly ubiquitous in our everyday lives, their exploration and utilization has very rapidly extended to environments with extreme temperature, pressure, and radiation. These can include nanomaterials for space applications, where temperatures can fluctuate drastically and where exposure to space radiation is a concern. These challenges can affect nanoelectronics systems as well as space vehicle structures or space suits that have incorporated these materials.
On the opposite end, these materials can also be employed in ultra-high-pressure environments where nanomaterials can be used as sensors and structural components for deep-sea applications. Nanomaterials for use in extreme environments can also include land-based construction materials, and in lightweight and stronger structural materials for use in ground- and air-borne vehicles/systems.
The aim of this research topic is to cover the broad range of research and trends in the investigation of nanomaterials for use in extreme conditions, focusing on latest advancements and applications in the field. Extreme conditions can include high or low temperature, pressure, strain, high magnetic or electric fields, radiation, and other conditions that would not normally be considered standard terrestrial laboratory settings.
Contributions to this research topic are invited, including original research, reviews, and mini-reviews, reporting on, but not restricted to:
• Charge carrier and phonon transport phenomena in nano-structures and devices (2D materials, nanowires, nano-sheets, FinFET, and gate-all-around devices) at low (cryogenic) and higher than room temperatures.
• Effects on tensile strength, hardness, and flexural strength of nanomaterials as a function of temperature and/or pressure.
• Radiation effects on nanomaterials, including effects on physical structure and/or electronic performance.
• Surface adsorption and absorption effects for nanomaterials beyond standard room temperature and pressure conditions.
• Effects of intense magnetic/electric fields and temperature on transport in nanowires and systems of quantum dots in Si, Ge and high spin-orbit interaction III-VI nanowires for quantum sensing/computing applications.
On the opposite end, these materials can also be employed in ultra-high-pressure environments where nanomaterials can be used as sensors and structural components for deep-sea applications. Nanomaterials for use in extreme environments can also include land-based construction materials, and in lightweight and stronger structural materials for use in ground- and air-borne vehicles/systems.
The aim of this research topic is to cover the broad range of research and trends in the investigation of nanomaterials for use in extreme conditions, focusing on latest advancements and applications in the field. Extreme conditions can include high or low temperature, pressure, strain, high magnetic or electric fields, radiation, and other conditions that would not normally be considered standard terrestrial laboratory settings.
Contributions to this research topic are invited, including original research, reviews, and mini-reviews, reporting on, but not restricted to:
• Charge carrier and phonon transport phenomena in nano-structures and devices (2D materials, nanowires, nano-sheets, FinFET, and gate-all-around devices) at low (cryogenic) and higher than room temperatures.
• Effects on tensile strength, hardness, and flexural strength of nanomaterials as a function of temperature and/or pressure.
• Radiation effects on nanomaterials, including effects on physical structure and/or electronic performance.
• Surface adsorption and absorption effects for nanomaterials beyond standard room temperature and pressure conditions.
• Effects of intense magnetic/electric fields and temperature on transport in nanowires and systems of quantum dots in Si, Ge and high spin-orbit interaction III-VI nanowires for quantum sensing/computing applications.
Keywords: nanomaterials, extreme conditions, temperature, pressure, radiation
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