New Trends in Functional and Multifunctional Advanced Materials, Second Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 29
Special Issue Editors
Interests: inorganic and coordination chemistry; supramolecular chemistry; liquid crystals; functional materials
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Interests: development of advanced voltammetric and amperometric sensors; design of nanomaterials-based electrode materials; electrochemical detection and degradation of hazardous and emerging pollutants from water; advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue presents, as an integrative approach, new trends in theoretical, fundamental, and application research at the interdisciplinary frontier between chemistry, biology, physics, and engineering, promoting advanced functional and multifunctional materials and sustainable technologies designed for specific applications. Functional materials include all classes of materials from organic to inorganic molecules, polymers, composites, ceramics, metals, and so on. The development of sustainable technologies relies on the performance of these advanced materials.
Researchers are encouraged to submit their latest findings and results as full-length articles or reviews. Targeted topics include, but are not limited to, the design and synthesis of new materials, their morpho-structural and functional (physico-chemical, optical, magnetic, or biological) characterization, and/or their application in optoelectronics, sensing, imaging, medicine, and environmentally friendly technologies. This issue also features articles relating to biomedical applications.
Dr. Elisabeta Szerb
Prof. Dr. Florica Manea
Dr. Cretu Carmen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- stimuli-responsive materials
- porous and composite materials
- supramolecular and self-assembled structures
- nanomaterials and nanostructures
- molecular modeling
- chemical, electrochemical, and biological sensors
- imaging
- clean technologies, biotechnologies and environmental protection
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