Organic and Inorganic Nanostructured Composites for Medical Application
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanocomposite Materials".
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Interests: textile materials; biotechnology; biomaterials; antimicrobials; bioreactor optimization; nanotechnology; environmental biotechnology; industrial biotechnology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue of Nanomaterials titled "Organic and Inorganic Nanostructured Composites for medical application". Hybrid nanocomposites made up of inorganic NPs and/or organic materials such as enzymes represent a new class of materials that exhibit improved synergistic performance when compared to their individual contributions. The surface modifications incurred to NPs by chemical treatments is a useful method through which the enzyme adhesion to NPs can be improved. Several functional groups or crosslinker molecules can be introduced to the NPs by their ligand molecules or by a mixture of different ligands. The recent combination of the disciplines of nanotechnology and biology has led to some very important theoretical and practical advances in both biology and nanoengineered materials. However, the design and synthesis of such hybrid bionanomaterials remain a challenge in terms of tailoring the structures of the bionanomaterials in response to their applications. The scope of this Special Issue is the creation of nanostructures that is not only focused on hybrid nanocomposites that are made up of both inorganic and organic materials but also on the new advanced combination of organic polymers and organic nanoparticles when trying to avoid the use of metal or metal oxides. In particular, topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Enzyme-organic/inorganic hybrid nanomaterials;
- Organic nanoparticle composites (e.g., celulose/lignin, polymer/protein, etc.)
- Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs);
- Bioorganic and bioinorganic chemistry;
- Bionanotechnology in biocatalysis and drug delivery;
- Bioremediations applications;
- Nanobiosensors;
- Antimicrobial and antifouling applications;
- Applications in biotechnology, immunosensing and biomedical areas;
- Nanoparticle-protein conjugates as biolabels.
Dr. Andrea Zille
Dr. Jorge Padrão
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanoscruture
- nanoparticles
- organic/inorganic nanoparticles
- enzymes
- bionanotechnology
- biopolymers