Best Paper Award

Dear colleagues,

As the editor-in-chief of Nanomaterials, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Nanomaterials 2021 Best Paper Awards.
The awards have been granted to:

First Award—500 CHF:
Nanomaterials for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater
Yang, J.; Hou, B.; Wang, J.; Tian, B.; Bi, J.; Wang, N.; Li, X.; Huang, X.
Nanomaterials 2019, 9(3), 424; doi:10.3390/nano9030424

Injectable Alginate-Peptide Composite Hydrogel as a Scaffold for Bone Tissue Regeneration
Ghosh, M.; Halperin-Sternfeld, M.; Grinberg, I.; Adler-Abramovich, L.
Nanomaterials 2019, 9(4), 497; doi:10.3390/nano9040497

Second Award—300 CHF:
Carbon Dots and Graphene Quantum Dots in Electrochemical Biosensing
Campuzano, S.; Yáñez-Sedeño, P.; Pingarrón, J.M.
Nanomaterials 2019, 9(4), 634; doi:10.3390/nano9040634

A Smart Nanovector for Cancer Targeted Drug Delivery Based on Graphene Quantum Dots
Iannazzo, D.; Pistone, A.; Celesti, C.; Triolo, C.; Patané, S.; Giofré, S.V.; Romeo, R.; Ziccarelli, I.; Mancuso, R.; Gabriele, B.; Visalli, G.; Facciolà, A.; Di Pietro, A.
Nanomaterials 2019, 9(2), 282; doi:10.3390/nano9020282

Third Award—200 CHF:
Evolution of Wearable Devices with Real-Time Disease Monitoring for Personalized Healthcare
Guk, K.; Han, G.; Lim, J.; Jeong, K.; Kang, T.; Lim, E.-K.; Jung, J.
Nanomaterials 2019, 9(6), 813; doi:10.3390/nano9060813

An Ultra-High-Energy Density Supercapacitor; Fabrication Based on Thiolfunctionalized Graphene
Rani, J.R.; Thangavel, R.; Oh, S.-I.; Lee, Y.S.; Jang, J.-H.
Nanomaterials 2019, 9(2), 148; doi:10.3390/nano9020148

These winners (corresponding author) will each receive the bonus and a chance to publish a paper, free of charge, in Nanomaterials before 30 June 2022.

On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Nanomaterials, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with these awards.

Nanomaterials Editorial Office

 
Nanomaterials 2021 Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Nanomaterials will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

26 pages, 8784 KiB  
Article
Hypericum perforatum L.-Mediated Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Exhibiting Antioxidant and Anticancer Activities
by Abdalrahim Alahmad, Armin Feldhoff, Nadja C. Bigall, Pascal Rusch, Thomas Scheper and Johanna-Gabriela Walter
Nanomaterials 2021, 11(2), 487; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11020487 - 14 Feb 2021
22 pages, 2020 KiB  
Review
Impact of Microplastics and Nanoplastics on Human Health
by Maxine Swee-Li Yee, Ling-Wei Hii, Chin King Looi, Wei-Meng Lim, Shew-Fung Wong, Yih-Yih Kok, Boon-Keat Tan, Chiew-Yen Wong and Chee-Onn Leong
Nanomaterials 2021, 11(2), 496; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11020496 - 16 Feb 2021
14 pages, 3306 KiB  
Article
Nano-Hydroxyapatite Derived from Biogenic and Bioinspired Calcium Carbonates: Synthesis and In Vitro Bioactivity
by Francesca Cestari, Francesca Agostinacchio, Anna Galotta, Giovanni Chemello, Antonella Motta and Vincenzo M. Sglavo
Nanomaterials 2021, 11(2), 264; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11020264 - 20 Jan 2021
22 pages, 3602 KiB  
Review
Charge Transfer and Biocompatibility Aspects in Conducting Polymer-Based Enzymatic Biosensors and Biofuel Cells
by Simonas Ramanavicius and Arunas Ramanavicius
Nanomaterials 2021, 11(2), 371; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11020371 - 02 Feb 2021
15 pages, 3669 KiB  
Article
Highly Skin-Conformal Laser-Induced Graphene-Based Human Motion Monitoring Sensor
by Sung-Yeob Jeong, Jun-Uk Lee, Sung-Moo Hong, Chan-Woo Lee, Sung-Hwan Hwang, Su-Chan Cho and Bo-Sung Shin
Nanomaterials 2021, 11(4), 951; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11040951 - 08 Apr 2021
40 pages, 15359 KiB  
Review
Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) Process—Processing, Properties, and Applications
by Soumya Sikdar, Pramod V. Menezes, Raven Maccione, Timo Jacob and Pradeep L. Menezes
Nanomaterials 2021, 11(6), 1375; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11061375 - 22 May 2021

Winner

Baohong Hou
National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Lihi Adler-Abramovich
Department of Oral Biology, The Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
Susana Campuzano
Departamento de Química Analítica, Facultad de CC. Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
Daniela Iannazzo
Department of Engineering, University of Messina, Contrada Di Dio, I-98166 Messina, Italy
Eun-Kyung Lim
BioNano Technology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), 125 Gwahak-Ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 34141, Korea
Jae-Hyung Jang
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea

Award Committee

Dr. Shirley Chiang Chairman
University of California Davis

Winner

Mercedes G. Montalbán
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30071 Murcia, Spain
Ecaterina Andronescu
Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Gheorghe Polizu Street, Bucharest 011061, Romania
Hanna Engelke and Valentina Cauda
1. Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy 2. Center for Sustainable Future Technologies—CSFT@POLITO, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Corso Trento 21, 10129 Turin, Italy 3. De
Letizia Ferroni and Barbara Zavan
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
Radosław Mrówczyński and Kosma Szutkowski
NanoBioMedical Centre, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Umultowska 85, PL-61614 Poznan, Poland
Christel Marquette
Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, 17 Rue des Martyrs, CEDEX 9, 38041 Grenoble, France

Award Committee

Dr. Nanomaterials Editorial Office Chairman
St. Alban-Anlage 66, 4052 Basel, Switzerland
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