Nanotechnology in Health Beneficial Applications and Its Hazards
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2023) | Viewed by 393
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Interests: microbial resistance; phytotherapy; immunology; nanotoxicology; applied microbiology; nano-composites
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Dear Colleagues,
The effect of the natural sciences and engineering has been completely transformed by nanotechnology. Nanotechnology focuses on the creation and use of nanomaterials, or substances with dimensions smaller than 100 nm. Size is the defining characteristic between nanoparticles and other materials; specifically, nanomaterials are defined as having a size of 100 nm in a single dimension, whereas non-nanomaterials are defined as having a size of >100 nm in all dimensions.
Nanosensors, nano-sorbents, and fuel cells are just a few examples of the many applications made possible by nanomaterials' superior performance due to their larger surface area to volume ratio. And in both gas and liquid phases, nanomaterials have demonstrated increased adsorption capacity. Nanomaterials' small size, quantum effect, and large surface area give them many potential applications. Material selection, doping, and composition can also affect other properties, such as physical, chemical, morphological, mechanical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and conductivity. The unique properties of these nanomaterials have been used in a wide variety of scientific, technological, and engineering disciplines by dedicated scientists and researchers. Energy, medical, environmental research, IT, and food safety are just a few of the key technological industries experiencing and benefiting from the great effect of nanomaterials. Biofunctionalization of some nanoparticles for biomedicine applications proved their powerful presence in relation to in vitro and in vivo analysis protocols that ideally include drug delivery, and several recent astonishing progresses.
In this Special Issue, we will be devoted to publishing original research and review articles that address these topics and include advances, trends, challenges, and future perspectives regarding synthesizing newly designed nanomaterials and investigating their characteristics as well as enhancing the biological activities and reducing the possible toxicity.
Dr. Bassma H. Elwakil
Dr. Mohamed Hagar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- applied nano
- applied biosciences
- nanotoxicology
- nanofabrication
- nanostructure characterization
- nanocomposites
- nanoemulsions
- drug delivery
- water treatment
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