Advanced Surface Coating of Nanoparticles

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue on "Advanced Surface Coating of Nanoparticles". Generally, surface coatings of nanomaterials are applied in order to selectively change or influence their properties. For this purpose, the surface of a particle (the “core“) can be coated, which, in return, generates single- or multi-layers layer(s) (the “shell”) that can be either complete or incomplete. Surface coating of nanoparticles includes modification, functionalization, or stabilization to enhance their imaging, drug delivery, stability, antireflection, anticorrosion, antifogging, UV resistant, prevent sulfurization, anti microbial, self-cleaning, biological response, biocompatibility, safety, reactivity properties etc. These coated nanomaterials have electronics, military, energy, biomedical, environmental, textile, automotive, and aerospace applications. The aim of this Special Issue is to present the latest developments in the field of coating nanoparticles, through a combination of original research papers and review articles from leading groups around the world.

In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Organic/inorganic coating combinations on nanoparticles;
• Single/Multiple layer coatings on nanoparticles;
• Biological coatings on nanoparticles;
• Janus coatings on nanoparticles;
• Manufactoring technologies to coat nanoparticles.

Prof. Dr. Frank Alexis
Dr. Patrick Tang Siah Ying
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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