Nanocomposite Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Nanocomposites containing two or more components are expected not only to combine but also enhance the chemical and physical properties of single components or display new properties and capabilities. Nanocomposites exhibit multifunctional properties such as high mechanical strength, high electrical conductivity, redox reactivity, and catalytic activity. Therefore, they could have wider applications in medicine, biotechnology, electronics, engineering, and catalysis than mono components. The chemical and physical properties of nanocomposites depend on the morphology, chemical arrangement, composition, and interfacial characteristics of their component materials.

This Special Issue of Applied Sciences aims to collect papers covering all the types of nanocomposite materials, such as metal oxides–metal, metal–carbon, and metal oxides–polymers, or organic nanostructures, organic nanostructures, and organic–inorganic hybrid nanostructures. The articles should not only describe the methods of nanocomposites’ synthesis, and their morphology, composition, optical, magnetic, thermal, and mechanical properties, but, importantly, should shed more light upon the relationship between their structure, physical and chemical properties, and possible applications.

Dr. Żaneta Świątkowska-Warkocka
Guest Editor

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