Novel Green Nanotechnologies Applied in Environmental Protection and Health—2nd Volume

Dear Colleagues,

Humanity is currently facing challenges due to environmental pollution. Several tons of plastic or industrial waste is randomly dumped into the environment, polluting waters and soils and thus creating multiple health issues for all living things. To keep the Earth clean, we need to adopt eco-friendly strategies that sustain human and environmental health. Green nanotechnology—the science of the future—can help in preventing future environmental problems and in improving quality of life and well-being. In addition, bioinspiration and biomimetics have become new trends in green nanotechnology for the “green” development of multifunctional materials with potential applications in the biomedical field and in environmental protection.

This Special Issue invites authors to contribute original research articles and review papers that describe novel green nanotechnologies applied in the design of eco-friendly materials, by exploiting natural resources, and recycling food and vegetable wastes and converting them into valuable materials with applications in various fields.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Eco-nanotechnologies and advanced materials;
• Environmental and biomedical applications of green nanomaterials;
• Eco-friendly strategies for development of (bio)composite/(bio)polymeric materials;
• Bioinspiration/biomimetics for development of novel materials; 3D (bio)printing;
• Bioplastics/eco-friendly packaging materials;
• “Green” strategies for wastewater treatment;
• Biomedical applications of (nano)materials; drug delivery systems;
• Biopesticides;
• Eco-friendly corrosion inhibitors;
• “Green” materials and technologies for electronics.

Dr. Marcela-Elisabeta Barbinta-Patrascu
Prof. Dr. Nicoleta Badea
Prof. Dr. Ileana Rau
Guest Editors

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• green synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles/nanomaterials
• biocomposites/biopolymers in green nanotechnology/sustainable materials
• bioplastics/bio-based polymers
• eco-nanotechnology
• biopesticides
• green inhibitors of corrosion
• wastewater treatment and photocatalysis
• biological activity of nanoparticles/nanomaterials, and antioxidant and antimicrobial activity
• drug delivery systems
• 3D (bio)printing.