Metallic Nanoparticles: From Synthesis, Structure-Property Relationships to Applications
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 58728
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Interests: biomedical engineering; molecular imaging; photoacoustics; nanomaterials design; mathematical modelling; neuronal imaging; optical coherence tomography
Interests: nanostructures; soft nanoparticles; macromolecules; dendrimers; miktoarm polymers; telodendrimers; naked nanocarriers; metal nanoparticles; gold nanoshells; iron oxide nanoparticles; nanomedicine; drug delivery; diagnostics
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Dear Colleagues,
Metal nanoparticles continue to play a key role in developing smart nanostructures for applications in a wide variety of areas, including biology. Some of the significant challenges in designing such architectures relate to reproducibility in their synthesis and characterization using a variety of state-of-the-art techniques to develop a detailed understanding of the structure–property relationships, which could translate into higher efficacy in their intended applications. In this Special Issue we aim to develop a comprehensive survey on the recent fabrication and theoretical elaborations of metallic nanoparticles, including Fe, Ag, Au, Zn, Ti; efficacy in their surface functionalization, different methods for characterization to evaluate their unique properties, including electronic, magnetic, electrochemical and optical, and an exploration of their potential for applications in diagnostics, theranostics, sensors, electronic devices, etc. We invite all our colleagues working in the exciting field of nanotechnology to contribute their recent research findings in the format of a communication, full article, as well as reviews.
Prof. Dr. Frédéric LesageProf. Dr. Ashok Kakkar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Nanotechnology
- Metallic nanoparticles: Iron, Silver, Gold, Zn and Titanium
- Characterization of metal nanoparticles
- Theoretical evaluation
- Surface functionalization
- Surface plasmon resonance
- Surfac enhanced Reyleigh scattering
- Surfac enhanced Raman scattering
- Diagnostics
- Theranostics
- Sensors
- Optoelectronics
- Electronics
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