**Preface to "Synthesis, Processing and Application of Micro and Nanostructured Materials"**

Modern technology is a fundamental part of various scientific fields based on devices or structures that use materials with special properties as essential components. Specific and attractive applications have advanced with the development of micro and nanostructured materials. The progress in the synthesis and processing of micro/nanomaterials has opened various possibilities. Materials, at the micro scale, possess various properties that are of interest for many applications. However, these materials have multiple specific characteristics of nanostructured materials. Nanomaterials have received considerable interest from scientists from different fields, such as chemistry, biochemistry, biology, pharmacy, physics, material science, and engineering. New advances in both the synthesis and processing of micro and nanostructured materials have a positive interdependence regarding the applications in which these materials are involved. This is constantly demonstrated by the action and properties of nanoparticles in applications such as biomedical science, the food and space industries, mechanics, energy science, drug delivery systems, and optoelectronics. These types of materials also have economic and environmental implications as their emphasizes the possibility of overcoming issues related to weight, size, biocompatibility, energy consumption, and complicated strategies. They also have less of an environmental impact, which is an aspect considered throughout the development of a material for new applications. The papers published in this Special Issue outline various advances enabled by the use of micro and nanostructured materials, highlighting the properties and applications that are achievable by altering the composition and morphology of nanoparticles. In this book, uses of these materials with various applications in different fields are outlined. For readers with an interest in the synthesis, processing, and application of micro and nanostructured materials, this book provides a comprehensive insight into the recent contributions of scientific knowledge.

> **Bogdan Stefan Vasile** *Special Issue Editor*

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