Nanoscale Coordination Polymers
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Biology and Medicines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 7365
Special Issue Editor
2. Departament de Química, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Campus UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: coordination polymers; nanoparticles; nanomedicine; theranostics; drug delivery systems; bioimaging
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Coordination polymers (CPs) have recently emerged as an interesting class of hybrid materials comprised of organic bridging ligands coordinatively bound to metal-connecting points. During the last decade, there has been a tremendous increase in the use of CPs for numerous applications and interest in catalysis, nonlinear optics, energy storage, biomedicine, or environmental remediation. In particular, the exponential growth in the development of many new classes of coordination polymers obtained in the nanometer scale range has demonstrated the relevant role of the nanostructuration to obtain novel materials with new and often enhanced properties compared to traditional materials. The miniaturization of CPs down to the nanometre length scale is, therefore, a unique opportunity to develop a new class of highly tailorable nanoscale materials that combine the rich diversity of compositions, structures, and properties of classical metal–organic materials with the obvious advantages of nanomaterials.
One of the main challenges in the field of nanostructured coordination polymers is to develop novel methodologies and better understand the existing ones to fully exploit the limitless number of possible formulations, sizes, and shapes of these materials. Other challenges are related to the use of bio-related molecules as new building-blocks, or the development of the functionalization of these nanostructured coordination polymers with functional species. This last capability is particularly interesting for biological applications because it should allow the biocompatibilization and cell-specific targeting of these nanoscale materials.
In order to demonstrate the impact of nanoscale coordination polymers as versatile and multifunctional materials in different fields, it is important to highlight the numerous contributions of nanotechnology to obtain and improve this new generation of materials using basic concepts from the coordination chemistry, but looking for new and advanced applications in industry and biomedicine. As such, we invite researchers developing nanostructured coordination polymers to increase the basic knowledge and advantages of these new materials in different areas to submit original research articles, as well as review articles, to this Special Issue, in order to provide the readers of Nanomaterials with an updated perspective on the state of the field. Research may include any aspect of the novel synthetic procedure and nanostructuration of coordination polymers, including novel or potential uses in industry (sensors, catalysis, energy storage, etc.) or in biomedicine (drug-delivery systems, biosensors, contrast agents for imaging, etc.). For planned papers, a title and a short abstract can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Dr. Fernando Novio
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanostructured coordination polymers
- nanoscale metal-organic materials
- coordination polymer nanoparticles
- nanomedicine
- drug delivery
- bioimaging
- sensors
- energy storage
