Dear Colleagues,

Research on carbon nanomaterials has experienced a steep exponential growth over the last decade. As our understanding of the fundamental physical and chemical properties of carbon nanomaterials advances, so does the number of potential applications of such materials. The apparently endless possibilities to modify and customize carbon nanomaterials allied to their small size, approaching the size of many fundamental biomolecules, their unique optical properties and large surface area have paved the way for extremely diverse applications. Fullerene derivatives have been applied to solar energy harvesting, carbon nanotubes have been engineered to have molecular recognition capability, and carbon-based dots (including carbon or graphene quantum dots and carbon nanodots) have been especially popular in bioimaging and sensing because of their unique photoluminescence; nanographene molecules were designed to exhibit circularly-polarized emission and nanodiamonds have found applications in super-resolution imaging and nanoscale temperature sensing. The barriers for translation into real-life applications are many; selective targeting, bio(macro)molecule interaction and emission in the optically transparent window of tissues are among the most challenging.

This Special Issue is focused on the application of carbon nanomaterials to bioimaging and sensing. We aim at gathering contributions from renown researchers in the field to make this issue a reference for all those working in fundamental and applied research on carbon nanomaterials.

We welcome the submission of papers dedicated to the tailoring of the physico-chemical properties of carbon nanomaterials towards application in imaging and sensing in biological media. We want this issue to reflect the plethora of carbon nanomaterials and the diversity of strategies followed to improve their performance.

Dr. Ermelinda M. S. Maçôas
Dr. Francesca Arcudi
Guest Editors

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• carbon nanomaterials
• imaging
• sensing
• graphene quantum dots
• carbon nanotubes
• nanographenes
• nanodiamonds
• biomedical applications
• carbon dots