Microwave-Assisted Rapid Preparation and Processing of Nanostructured Materials and Their Applications
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Microwave Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 21
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Interests: microwave-assisted synthesis of nanomaterials; biomaterials; biomimetic materials; drug delivery; nanostructured materials; nanowires; self-assembly; fire-resistant paper
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Dear Colleagues,
Time is invaluable, and this is also true for science, especially in the field of materials science where many time-consuming trial-and-error experiments are necessary. Microwave heating, as a novel heat source, enables the rapid production and processing of nanostructured materials and the remarkable advantages of microwave heating technology include rapid volumetric heating, higher chemical reaction rates and selectivity, shorter reaction times, higher efficiency, higher product yield, and lower energy consumption compared with conventional heating methods. These advantages can act together to greatly expand the applications of microwave heating technology in materials science. In addition, microwave heating technology can be combined with other green chemistry strategies to make it more appealing in terms of green materials syntheses. Consequently, microwave heating technology has been emerging as a novel heat source for rapid chemical reactions, materials preparation, and processing in minutes rather than hours or even days, as is usually required by conventional heating methods. As a result, microwave heating technology has been on the receiving end of an exponential increase in adoption, as evidenced by the large number of publications in the literature in recent years. It is expected that the application of microwave heating technology will become more and more popular in research laboratories and even in industry, and the microwave-assisted rapid preparation and processing of nanostructured materials will continue to expand at pace in the coming years. Although the overwhelming majority of microwave-assisted applications are still performed at a laboratory scale, it is expected that this novel technology will be able to scale up for industrial production in the near future.
This Special Issue on “Microwave-Assisted Rapid Preparation and Processing of Nanostructured Materials and Their Applications” aims to gather original research articles on recent advances in the use of microwave heating technology in the preparation and processing of nanostructured materials and the applications of the as-prepared nanostructured materials in various fields. This Special Issue focuses on all aspects of studies regarding the design strategy, microwave-assisted synthesis and processing, self-assembly, characterization, functionalization, and applications of nanostructured materials prepared using microwave-assisted methods. It is our great pleasure to invite researchers in the relevant fields to contribute original papers, including full research papers, short communications, and review articles within the scope of this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Ying-Jie Zhu
Guest Editor
Dr. Hanping Yu
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- microwave
- synthesis
- preparation
- processing
- nanostructured materials
- nanomaterials
- nanostructures
- application
