Metal Oxide Nanomaterial Properties: Molecular Electrochemistry and Biomedical Applications
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 1897
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Interests: nanomaterials; materials; electrochemistry; electrode materials; nanoporous
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Interests: aero-materials; nanomaterials synthesis methods; hydrothermal methods; composite structures; physical chemistry characterization; photocatalysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal oxide NPs exhibit special structures with improved optical and electronic properties and can form composite materials with other compounds. For example, metal oxide–polymer or biomolecule nanocomposites also exhibit good electrical and optical properties and are of great interest for researchers. These hybrid materials by combining specific properties were used for a wide range of applications in the fields of solar cells, biosensing devices, optoelectronic packaging, biology and biomedical applications for in vivo and in vitro studies, etc. Therefore, for the understanding of physicochemical phenomena, modeling techniques can be used to comprehend the structures and reactivities of molecular and supramolecular systems, interactions between molecules or their interactions with catalytic surfaces, etc. The unique physicochemical properties of metal oxide NPs make it possible to create a wide variety of new biomedical applications. Examples of these metal oxide NPs are titania (TiO2), zinc oxide (ZnO), iron oxides (Fe2O3 and Fe3O4), ceria (CeO2), etc. Most of these materials are biocompatible and safe to be used in humans.
The aim of this Special Issue is to publish high-quality research papers addressing the current and future advances on the achievement, characterization, and application in areas of interest of the metal oxide nanoparticles and metal oxide–polymer or biomolecule nanocomposites with applications in the electrochemical and biomedical fields.
In particular, the topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Molecular level information about the number of active surface sites and reactivity per site.
- Studies to understand the interaction mechanisms and identify the functionality of inorganic binding biomolecules.
- Biofunctional nanostructured materials for biosensing devices and biology and biomedical applications.
Dr. Carmen Lǎzǎu
Dr. Cornelia Bandas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- inorganic binding biomolecules
- nanostructured materials
- metal oxide nanoparticles
- metal oxide–polymer nanocomposites
- active surface sites
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