Nanoarchitectonics with Molecular and Materials Science: Materials for Energy, Environment, Bio, and Others (2nd Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to announce a submission call for the topic of “Nanoarchitectonics with Molecular and Materials Science: Materials for Energy, Environment, Bio, and Others (2nd Edition)”. This Topic is a continuation of the previously successful Topic “Nanoarchitectonics with Molecular and Materials Science: Functional Materials for Energy, Environment, Bio and Others”, which closed on 31 December 2022, and in which, 29 papers were published. Marking the post-nanotechnology era, the concept of nanoarchitectonics has been proposed to create functional materials using atoms, molecules, and nanomaterials as components (Molecules 2021, 26(6), 1621, Molecules 2021, 26(15), 4636, Nanomaterials 2021, 11(8), 2146, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23(7), 3577, Materials 2022, 15(15), 5404). The nanoarchitectonics concept couples nanotechnology with diverse research fields, including materials science, supramolecular chemistry, and bio-related sciences to logically create functional materials from nanoscale units. In addition, given its conceptual generality, the can also be applied to other exciting research fields, including material synthesis, structural fabrications, sensing, catalysts, environmental remediation, energy production and storages, device fabrications, and biological/biomedical treatments. By including this emerging terminology, “nanoarchitectonics”, in paper titles and/or keywords, a re-consideration of these subjects can inspire the discovery of novel insights within interdisciplinary research fields.

Prof. Dr. Katsuhiko Ariga
Prof. Dr. Yann Molard
Prof. Dr. Fabien Grasset
Topic Editors