Carbon Nanostructures in Biological Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 February 2022) | Viewed by 2637
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electrochemistry of carbon nanomaterials, atomic-level simulations of carbonaceous surfaces, computational spectroscopy, hybrid carbon-nanostructures, computational electrochemistry
Interests: hybrid carbon-nanostructures; biomaterials; biocompatibility; electrochemical sensors; neural applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Carbon is an extremely versatile material exhibiting a large number of unique properties. It exists as several different allotropes that range from 1D to 3D structures that are used in numerous applications. The nanostructured carbon materials show unique characteristics and versatility that can provide solutions to the grand challenges that our society is facing in the near future including improving the health and wellbeing of the world’s increasing population. For instance, technological solutions enabling personalized medical treatments must be developed, since the institutionalized health-care sector will not be able to handle the growing number of elderly people in the near future. This, among other things, requires new innovative material solutions that are not only tailored for specific purposes but are also biocompatible. However, to be able to create materials with improved properties, it is crucial to fully understand the reasons for the observed behavior and to draw the correct conclusions about the fundamental factors behind the reported phenomena. For this, an in-depth understanding of the chemical and physical properties of the nanostructures is essential. Thus, there is a clear need for integrated approaches combining experimental investigations with computational studies.
This Special Issue is open to papers on carbon nanostructures in biomedical applications as well as papers on fundamental experimental and computational characterizations of carbon nanostructures enabling an understanding of the underlying chemical and physical phenomena that take place with and on these materials.
Prof. Dr. Tomi Laurila
Dr. Emilia Peltola
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon nanostructures
- carbon nanofibers
- carbon nanotubes
- fullerenes
- graphene
- carbon nanobuds
- biocompatibility
- electrochemistry
- computational methods
- density functional theory
- sensors
- spectroscopy
