Editorial: Functional Nanomaterials for Sensor Applications
Department of Electronics and Computer Technology, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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Nanomaterials 2022, 12(21), 3750; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12213750
Submission received: 30 September 2022
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Accepted: 17 October 2022
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Published: 25 October 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Functional Nanomaterials for Sensor Applications)
Functional nanomaterials have become one of the most fascinating fields in nanotechnology. The notable interest that they inspire relies on the fact that these nanomaterials constitute the driving force for advanced research in many fields, including nanosized energy conversion, environmental sustainability, catalysts, electronic devices, pervasive sensors, biomedical engineering, and more. This genuine interest is undoubtedly motivated by their unique structure and properties paired with a massive potential for integration in industrial applications.
This Special Issue aims at offering readers a compilation of cutting-edge research regarding the synthesis, development, characterization and utilization of functional nanomaterials, covering a wide spectrum of technologies and applications, serving as a guide for new students of the field as well as established researchers.
This Special Issue is nourished with a variety of topics dealing with carbon-based functional materials [1,2,3,4] exploring different transduction mechanisms as well as other emerging technologies with relevance in the biology field [5,6,7,8,9]. Characterization techniques [10] and a comprehensive review on wearable optical sensors under different powering approaches [11] are covered.
The results and findings are expected to be useful for researchers who are working in the field of functional nanomaterials. Finally, the editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to all authors who contributed their innovative research to this Special Issue.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, writing, review and editing: N.R., D.P.M. and A.R. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This research has been possible thanks to the support of the European Union FEDER funds and Spanish Ministry of Sciences and Innovation through projects PID2020-117344RB-I00, RYC2019-027457-I, and Regional Government through projects B-RNM-680-UGR20, P20_00265, P20_00633.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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