Bio-Nano Interactions—3rd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Nanoscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 612
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Interests: protein corona; theranostic nanodevices; endogenous protein recognition; smart nanomaterial surfaces; iron oxide nanoparticles; selective protein binding; biosensing; drug delivery; stealth nanomaterials; biochemistry and biophysics
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Dear Colleagues,
I would like to invite you to submit a high-quality research paper for the Special Issue titled “Bio-Nano Interactions—3rd Edition” of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. The story of materials from living (biotic) organisms is intensely intertwined with the one of inanimate (abiotic) materials, which might have played a crucial role in the chemical evolution in the prebiotic era and, therefore, in the origin of life. Nanoparticles and proteins are entities of the same size range and the understanding and the prediction of the interactions between proteins and nanoparticles represent the Holy Grail in nanoscience. Indeed, the crucial challenge is to endow nanoparticles of protein-like specificity with the ability to enable the abiotic material to specifically interact with all components of biological systems such as peptides, proteins, lipids, DNA, receptors, cells and whole organisms, including humans or animals.
Furthermore, the use of engineered biomolecules, such as nucleic acids, enabled us to develop self-assembled hybrid nano-objects with machine-like properties, using simple Watson–Crick base-pairing rules. On the other hand, the synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials with pseudo-enzymatic properties (nanozymes) allowed us to establish novel devices able to manipulate matter at the nanoscale level, leading nanoscientists a step forward with regard to mimicking nature.
The Special Issue “Bio-Nano Interactions—3rd Edition” encourages the publication of papers that expand the existing perspectives on the interplay of smart nanomaterials with biological interfaces as well as on the development of bio-inspired nanotechnologies.
Prof. Dr. Massimiliano Magro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanoparticles
- proteins
- smart nanomaterial surfaces
- selective protein binding
- nanomaterials
- abiotic material
- biological systems
- bio-inspired inorganic materials and DNA nanotechnologies
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