Carbon-Based Composites for Energy and Biomedical Applications
A special issue of C (ISSN 2311-5629). This special issue belongs to the section "Carbon Materials and Carbon Allotropes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2020) | Viewed by 4261
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plasma assisted nanomaterials; size and shape selective nanomaterials; plasma surface treatments; antimicrobial/biomedical materials;catalysts; polymer membranes; thin film sensors
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Dear Colleagues,
Carbon-based composites (CBCs) are used in a variety of biomedical and energy related applications due to their structural, electrical, optical, mechanical, and thermal properties. Carbon-based materials such as graphene, carbon nanotubes, and porous carbon composites have the potential to be applied to energy storage operations, such as supercapacitors and batteries whose performance depends on surface area, surface morphology, and pore size. The materials are expected to exhibit adequate energy storage capacity of charge carriers, electron transport behavior, and desired functionality. For drug delivery, bio-sensing, bio-imaging, and cancer treatments the materials should exhibit uniform size and shape, and an internal architecture that includes core-shells, porosity, surface charge, and chemical functionality for effective biological interaction. The carbon materials can either be made into composites or functionalized with polymers or suitable modifiers in order to meet the desired application needs. The most important parameters are that the materials be biocompatible and environmentally friendly. This Special Issue invites research papers focused on the preparation, characterization, and application of CBCs in the mentioned applications.
Dr. Antony Ananth
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Preparation and Characterization
- Nanomaterials
- Nanocomposites
- Carbon Materials
- Carbon Composites
- Graphene
- Graphene Oxide
- Fullerene
- Carbon Nanotubes
- Supercapacitor
- Battery
- Antimicrobial
- Drug Delivery
- Bio-Sensing
- Functionalization
- Bio-Imaging
- Porous Materials
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