Nano-Bio Hybrid Systems for Biomimetic Applications
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Biology and Medicines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 3914
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multiscale computation; graphene; self-assembly monolayers; light harvesting proteins; fluorophores; lipid bilayers
Interests: computational chemistry; catalysis; molecular modeling; nanoscience; physical and organic chemistry; olefin metathesis; green chemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, immense research effort has been devoted to the generation of hybrid materials which change the electronic properties of one constituent by changing the optoelectronic properties of another. The most appealing approach to design such materials relies on the combination of organic materials with biological systems like redox-active proteins. Despite strong advances in the field, the efficiency of the final devices is usually very low due to two main problems related to the interfacing of such different materials: charge recombination at the interface and the high possibility of losing the function of the biological component, which leads to inactivation of the entire device. The present Special Issue of Nanomaterials is aimed at presenting and giving a balanced view of the current state-of-the-art and recent advances in the field of nano-bio hybrid materials that can be used as bio-sensors, bio-fuel cells, biohybrid photoelectrochemical cells, and nanostructured photoelectronic devices. Experimental as well as theoretical contributions are welcome, including full papers, communications, and reviews to obtain a complete snapshot of the ongoing research activity.
Dr. Silvio Osella
Dr. Bartosz Trzaskowski
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nano-bio materials
- direct electron transport
- charge separation
- solar fuel production
- coupled electron-proton transfer
- semi-artificial photosynthesis
- photoelectrochemistry
- bio-hybrid photovoltaic devices
