Nanodiamond Hybrid Materials: Synthesis and Application
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2021) | Viewed by 11210
Special Issue Editors
2. Technická univerzita v Liberci, Liberec, Czech Republic
Interests: nano; nanodiamonds; biomaterials and biocomposites; surface (bio)functionalization; carbon-based materials
Interests: new casting materials and technologies; nanomaterials and nanotechnologies; creation and evaluation of thin layers properties
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue on "Nanodiamond Hybrid Materials: Synthesis and Application".
The discipline of surface engineering includes a broad spectrum of techniques, which can be used to functionalize surfaces and develop a wide range of physical or chemical properties. There are plenty of applications for functionalized surfaces in the automotive, aerospace, power or biomedical sector. This particular Special Issue will focus on surface engineering approaches to changing material functionalities. Nanodiamonds, due to the susceptibility to modification of their surface, are used in industrial lubricants, polishing, composite, galvanochemical coatings, metal, polymer-based composites, drug delivery, and catalysis and can be used as sensors or carriers of active substances with specific biological or biochemical properties. Functionalized nanodiamonds are also used as cross-linkers or kinetic chain carriers in polymer synthesis. This allows obtaining refined plastics for special applications as well as smart materials with self-healing properties. Nanodiamond contributes to the reinforcement of mechanical properties of polymer and ceramic composites. The abovementioned applications can be used in thin film coatings on utility materials to improve their properties or give them completely new ones.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present the latest experimental and theoretical developments in the field, through a combination of original research papers and review articles from leading groups around the world. In particular, the topic of interest includes but is not limited to:
- Fundamentals and new concepts of nanodiamond hybrid materials;
- Novel synthesis methods of nanodiamond hybrid materials;
- Modeling and characterization methods of surface of nanodiamond hybrid materials;
- Implementation of nanodiamond hybrid materials into medicine;
- Application of nanodiamond hybrid materials into food industry;
- Food packaging activated nanodiamond hybrid materials.
Prof. Dr. Stanisław Mitura
Prof. Dr. Petr Louda
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- nanodiamond hybrid materials
- surface (bio)functionalization
- biomaterials and biocomposites
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