Smart Functional Nanomaterials for Energy Harvesting and Self-Powered Sensing

The rapid development of smart functional materials and nanoscale engineering is enabling a new generation of self-powered technologies that harvest ambient energy while sensing and responding to physical, chemical, biological, and optical stimuli. Advances in piezoelectric, triboelectric, pyroelectric, thermoelectric, photovoltaic, and hybrid energy-conversion technologies are creating new opportunities for self-powered and autonomous devices. This themed collection will highlight recent advances in the design, synthesis, characterisation, modelling, and integration of functional nanomaterials and nanostructures for energy harvesting and self-powered sensing. Particular emphasis will be placed on the relationships between material structure, functional properties, energy-conversion mechanisms, and device-level performance, as well as the development of reliable, scalable, and application-oriented technologies. The collection aims to bring together contributions spanning materials science, applied physics, electronics, nanotechnology, and engineering, with a focus on emerging self-powered sensors, wearable and implantable devices, intelligent interfaces, optoelectronic systems, and distributed sensing platforms. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Piezoelectric, triboelectric, pyroelectric, thermoelectric, and photovoltaic energy harvesting Hybrid, multimodal, and multifunctional energy-harvesting systems Functional thin films, nanowires, two-dimensional materials, and nanocomposites Smart polymers, ceramics, semiconductors, and bio-derived functional materials Charge generation, transport, energy-conversion mechanisms, and structure–property–performance relationships Self-powered physical, chemical, biological, and optical sensors Tribotronic, piezotronic, and piezo-phototronic devices Wearable, flexible, implantable, and bio-integrated self-powered systems Integrated energy harvesting, storage, power management, and signal processing Energy-autonomous devices for healthcare, environmental monitoring, and the Internet of Things Modelling, simulation, metrology, reliability, scalable fabrication, and technology translation The collection welcomes original research articles, reviews, perspectives, and communications addressing both fundamental advances and emerging applications in nanoenergy and self-powered sensing technologies. Academic Editors Dr. Carlos Garcia Nunez James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Dr. Yawar Abbas James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Assoc. Prof. Sharmistha Bhadra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Submission Guideline Instructions for Authors: https://www.sciltp.com/journals/nc/instructionForAuthors Submission Link: https://sciflux.org/authors/submissions/add-submissions?journalCode=1909189204547297282 Article Processing Charges (APCs) are waived before the submission deadline. All manuscripts will undergo peer review in accordance with the journal’s established policies and procedures. Final acceptance will be based on the peer-review reports and the evaluation of the Academic Editors and the Editor-in-Chief. Decisions will be made by the Editor-in-Chief or Academic Editors who have no conflicts of interest with any of the authors.