Organic Nanofibers: Fabrication, Properties and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Materials Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2021) | Viewed by 6695
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanoscale self-organization phenomena, including surface effects and solute–solvent interactions and their applications; chemistry and physical chemistry of organic conjugated (semiconductive) molecules and macromolecules; nanocomposites and nanomaterials in general
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The field of organic (both molecular and polymeric) nanofibers is the subject of growing interest from both fundamental and applied science, due to the numerous applications emerging for these materials.
In particular, organic nanofibers are of high interest for tissue engineering and drug delivery thanks to their ubiquity in the biological world. In addition, their peculiar one-dimensional character holds great promise for applications in sensors, as well in the more general electronics and optoelectronic fields, including energy generation and storage. Additionally, water treatments like desalination or sanitization can benefit from the use of these materials, due to their ability to form very thin meshes, even in the form of ion-exchanging fibers.
While nanofibers are currently produced mainly by electrospinning, alternative methods of fabrication for these nano-objects are actively sought by the scientific community. In particular, self-assembly appears to be a very promising approach for obtaining nanofibers, as nature demonstrates every day.
Therefore, we would like to present here a Special Issue of Materials dealing with self-assembly methods for the fabrication of organic nanofibers, with a further focus on the already demonstrated and novel applications of so-obtained materials. Regular papers, short communications, reviews, and general commentaries will be included in the Special Issue, and Materials will be happy to host contributions dealing with the aforementioned topics from the whole scientific community gathering around these themes.
Prof. Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Organic nanofibers
- Self-assembly
- Tissue engineering
- Drug delivery
- Nanoelectronics
- Energy storage
- Nanosensors
- Water desalination
- Water sanitization
