Bio-Abio Nanocomposites for Bio-Applications, Volume II
A special issue of Journal of Composites Science (ISSN 2504-477X). This special issue belongs to the section "Biocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 4000
Special Issue Editors
Interests: surface and colloid chemistry; synthesis of hybrid nanocomposites; nano-pharmaceutics/theranostics; drug delivery systems; smart nanocomposites; bio-inspired nanosheet composites
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The unseen exclusive properties of nanocomposites have fascinated researchers, especially in bio-applications due to their combined/synergistic structural features with diverse components derived from nature and synthetic systems. The key challenge is a controlled synthesis of interracially/spatially well-defined heterogeneous structures, biocompatible functionalization, and stable processing to be acceptable for translational/clinical stages. Thus, harmonizing the structure–property–processing of nanocomposites of divergent (bio-abio) materials is crucial for their future bio-applications as innovative hybrid material systems.
The scope of this Special Issue covers state-of-the-art synthesis and functions of heterogeneous nanocomposite materials to offer an insight into this new family of composites with the incorporation of dissimilar bio/abio-building blocks with interest in diverse bio-applications, including, in particular, pharmaceutics, biodiagnostics, therapeutics, bioimaging, or biosensing. Contributions should be primarily related to the orchestrated chemical design of biocompatible hybrid nanocomposite structures, such as particles, assemblies, dispersions, surface/interface; their unique properties by mixing/coupling their components, e.g., biomolecules, polymers, biodegradable materials, green/natural products, and biosafe inorganic minerals/materials; and the functionalization of bio-nano-interfaces.
Prof. Dr. Jeong-Hwan Kim
Dr. Maria Benelmekki
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanocomposites
- nanoparticles
- heterogeneous materials interface
- surface functionalization
- aqueous dispersion
- material properties
- biodiagnostics/therapeutics
