Advances in Metal Oxide Nanoparticles

Dear Colleagues,

The applications for metal oxide nanoparticles are numerous and involve a wide range of interdisciplinary fields. For more than 40 years, they have been key technological materials with many industrial applications, including magnetic storage, capacitors, dyes, catalysts, and cutting tools.

Metal oxide nanoparticles can exhibit unique physicochemical properties. A large variety of metal oxide nanoparticles can be encountered, including nanograins, nanowires, nanotubes, and nanoporous particles. At present, research on novel metal oxide nanoparticles is active and multidisciplinary, as it involves chemistry for the development of the nanoparticles, physics for the study and optimization of their properties, and even biology in the case of biomedical applications (e.g., nanovectorization, multimodal imaging, and antibacterial properties).

This Special Issue will focus on all aspects of the application of metal oxide nanoparticles in emerging fields, such as biosensors, energy storage and conversion, photocatalysis, optoelectronics, and biomedicine.

Since each nanoparticle has its own peculiarities that are linked to its size, morphology, structure, and surface chemistry, it is essential to develop new types of metal oxide nanoparticles and to improve the properties of existing ones. Consequently, special attention will be paid to contributions that adopt a comprehensive approach (from synthesis to the study of properties) and to translational and implementation research.

Prof. Dr. Nadine Millot
Guest Editor

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