Multifunctional Metal and Metal Oxide Nanocomposites for Environmental and Biomedical Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Nanotechnology has made remarkable progress over the years, enabling the development of genuine and effective platforms for a wide range of modern and specific applications. In recent years, multifunctional transition metal and metal oxide nanocomposites and their hybrids (bi-, tri-, and multi-metallic nanoparticles) have generated significant interest in the realms of environmental and biomedical applications due to their unique properties and versatilities. The tunable properties of metal oxide nanocomposites, including physicochemical versatility, intrinsic functionality, particular reactivity and surface chemistry, optical and electronic properties, thermal and magnetic features, catalytic and biological activities. In addition, the functional properties metal oxides are highly diverse and can be finely tuned based on several factors, including crystal structure, morphology, composition, intrinsic defects, and doping properties. Most importantly, as opposed to focusing on individual components, combinations of two or three metal or metal oxide nanoparticles (bi-, tri-, and multi-metallic nanoparticles) as synergy represent a potential area in need and worthy of further investigation due to several substances with the ability to improve solubility.

We warmly invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, titled “Multifunctional Metal and Metal Oxide Nanocomposites for Environmental and Biomedical Applications”, with your most recent findings, original research articles and reviews on nanostructured system-based metal and metal oxide nanocomposites. Environmental applications, including the electronics and energy industry, the textile and the food industry and biomedical applications such as antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer therapy, wound healing, and tissue engineering, represent relevant topics of interest to this Special Issue.

Dr. Nagaraj Basavegowda
Prof. Dr. Kwang-Hyun Baek
Dr. Prathap Somu
Guest Editors

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• metal and metal oxide nanomaterials, bimetallic, trimetallic and multimetallic nanoparticles
• green synthesis, chemical synthesis, design and preparation of novel nanostructured materials
• environmental applications (sensors, photo catalysis, dye degradation, wastewater treatment)
• energy conversion, energy storage devices (batteries, solar cells, super-capacitors)
• biomedical applications (antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antioxidant)
• therapeutic nanomaterials (imaging, biosensors, anticancer drugs and drug delivery)