Optical Characterizations of Nanomaterials, Biomaterials and Plasma-Treated Medium
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 6477
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optical spectroscopy (surface-enhanced Raman scattering, fluorescence, chirality, attenuated total reflection spectroscopy); surface plasmon resonance effects; nonlinear optical effects; nanophotonics; biophotonics; plasma-treated medium; plasma-induced reactive species; plasma treatment effects
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Interests: biomedical optics; Raman spectroscopy; optical spectroscopy (scattering, luminescence, etc.); laser-tissue interaction; nanobiotechnologies; mathematical simulation
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Interests: plasma medicine; biophysics; biomaterials; nanotechnology; nanomedicine
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Dear Colleagues,
Nanostructured materials have unique physical and chemical properties as a result of their small size. These properties differ from those of the corresponding bulk materials. Experimentally, there have been many research efforts devoted to the structural, electrical, and optical properties of low-dimensional structures, such as quantum wells, quantum dots, nanoparticles, nanowires, and nanotubes. Nanostructured materials have drawn considerable attention owing to potential applications in biomedical imaging, light emitting devices, nanolasers, photodetectors, solar cells, and sensors.
A biomaterial is any substance that has been engineered to interact with biological systems for a medical purpose-either therapeutic or diagnostic. Biomaterials science encompasses elements of medicine, biology, chemistry, tissue engineering, and materials science. Biocompatible biomaterials are used in many medical applications, such as to treat various human diseases, and can be implanted to replace or repair missing tissue.
An atmospheric-pressure plasma jet or a dielectric barrier discharge plasma has been used for nonthermal plasma treatment of biological materials to sterilize, inactivate, and remove microorganisms; and for wound healing, tooth bleaching, cancer treatment, and surface modification. Plasma treatments alter optical and structural properties of medium. Plasma is also used in biomaterial surface modification and can be combined with other treatment methods for various biomedical applications.
Because optical probes can provide a noninvasive and rapid diagnosis of optical materials, it is necessary to study the optical characterization of nanomaterials, biomaterials, and plasma-treated medium.
“Optical Characterizations of Nanomaterials, Biomaterials, and Plasma-Treated Medium” aims to cover all the latest outstanding developments in optical properties of nanomaterials, biomaterials, and plasma-treated medium. This Special Issue will describe recent research and developments in the field of optical characterizations of nanomaterials and biomaterials, and plasma-treated medium. We invite authors to contribute original research articles as well as review articles in the optical characterizations of nanomaterials, biomaterials, and plasma-treated medium.
Prof. Dr. Geon Joon Lee
Prof. Dr. Alexey Seteikin
Prof. Dr. Nagendra Kumar Kaushik
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Optical characterizations of nanomaterials and nanostructures
- Optical characterizations of biomaterials and biofilms
- Optical characterizations of plasma-activated medium and plasma-treated surface/interface
- Optical imaging, sensing, and spectroscopic study of biomaterials, nanomaterials, and plasma-treated medium
- Plasma medicine/nanomedicine/cancer therapy/sterilization based on optical spectroscopy and imaging
- Numerical simulation study for optical properties of biomaterials and nanomaterials
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