Carbon Nanocomposites Synthesis and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Carbon nanomaterials (CNM) are an interesting nanoscience innovation, gaining constant attention in science and technology. The use of nanomaterials in the manufacture of new adsorbents, with high surface area and possibilities for modification with specific active groups, has been an irreplaceable choice. Nanocarbons refer to carbon materials with at least one dimension of dispersed phase less than 100 nm. They are a class of nanomaterials widely applied in diverse areas of science, such as the medical community, remediation, removal and/or extraction studies of organic and inorganic pollutants from complex matrices at low concentrations (ng L⁻¹ or pg L⁻¹ level), drug delivery, biosensors, tissue engineering scaffolds, and other nanoscience fields, due to outstanding physical and chemical properties, such as minor side effects, substantial specific surface area, extremely high reaction activity, biocompatibility and chemical stability, and electrical, thermal, structural, and optical diversity. In addition, nanomaterials possess very low volume and help in miniaturization of devices. They can be easily modified, and selectivity can be introduced by introducing various functional groups. The carbon materials widely used for these purposes include fullerene, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, graphene, carbon quantum dots, nanodiamonds, their derivatives, and their modified/functionalized forms. Thus, this Special Issue aims to highlight and discuss the use of carbon nanomaterials for detecting pollutants through different types of adsorbents and/or devices built with these materials.

Dr. Marcela Zanetti Corazza
Dr. Adriana Evaristo De Carvalho
Dr. Willyam Róger Padilha Barros
Guest Editors

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• developing new carbon nanocomposites as promising adsorbents in determining metals and/or emerging pollutants
• development of new extraction and preconcentration methods
• new design, engineering, and characterization of carbon materials as adsorbents and/or electrodes for determining diverse pollutants
• new design engineering of new sensors
• new approaches to sample pretreatment
• spectrometric, voltammetric, and chromatographic determination