Advances in Functional Nanocomposite Materials for Bioapplications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensor Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 3139
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomaterials; nanoparticles; nano-composites; antibacterial applications; drug delivery
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Interests: nanotechnology; nanomaterial fabrication; nanobiotechnology; bio/chemical sensing; electrochemical sensors; mass-sensitive devices; conductance-based sensors; lateral flow sensors; molecular imprinted polymer synthesis; metal-based nanocomposites; atomic force microscopy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanomaterials have proven to be powerful tools in a wide range of biomedical and natural science applications. Various organic and inorganic nanocomposites with outstanding characteristics can be envisioned to revolutionize clinical diagnostics, real-time screening, drug delivery systems, and theranostics for life-threatening diseases. Advancements in synthesis tools and engineering can enable researchers to design innovative applications in tissue engineering, biosensing, diagnostics, nanomedicine, and therapeutics. An ideal nanocomposite system should be biocompatible, cost-effective, and entailing all the befits of chemical composition and morphology, with functional nanomaterials possessing outstanding properties as excellent substitutes for conventional approaches. For instance, the diagnostic modalities combined with therapeutic features demonstrate a promising platform for evaluating therapeutic interventions, and image-guided therapy techniques provide precise treatments to avoid unnecessary surgical procedures.
Researchers have paid much attention to developing advanced and highly biocompatible nanocomposites for the addressal and improvement of clinical and biomedical shortcomings in recent years, although a still challenging task is to combine multimodalities into a single platform with controlled dimensions favorable for practical bioapplications. This research theme is proposed to address new innovative synthesis protocols of functional nanomaterials, their structures, and functional relationship, as well as harness them to viable and state-of-the-art bioapplications.
The aim of this Special Issue, “Advances in Functional Nanocomposite Materials for Bioapplications” is to invite researchers and scholars to submit original research and review articles focusing on current developments, challenges, and solutions unleashing the potential of functional nanocomposites.
Potential research topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Synthesis of functional biocompatible organic/inorganic nanocomposites;
- Structure–property relationship of biocompatible nanocomposites;
- Nanocomposites for antibacterial/wound dressing applications;
- Nanocomposites for imaging-guided drug delivery;
- Nanocomposite-based sensors for advanced screening or medical diagnostics;
- Nanocomposites for microfluidics and wearable sensors;
- Multifunctional biodegradable nanocomposites for tissue engineering;
- Nanocomposite for therapeutic drug monitoring and in vivo imaging.
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zubair Iqbal
Dr. Sadia Zafar Bajwa
Dr. Ozioma Akakuru
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanocomposites
- hybrid nanomaterials
- organic/inorganic nanocomposites
- nanosensors
- synergistic nanocomposites
- imaging-guided therapy
- biosensor
- wearables
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