Research on Functional Nanomaterials
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Hybrid and Composite Crystalline Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 20
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Functional nanomaterials are at the forefront of modern materials science and nanotechnology owing to their unique, size-dependent physical, chemical, electronic, magnetic, and optical properties. Their high surface-to-volume ratio, tunable surface chemistry, and quantum confinement effects make them essential across diverse applications, including electronics, energy systems, sensing, catalysis, and biomedicine.
Research in this field encompasses a wide variety of systems, such as metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, quantum dots, carbon-based nanostructures, perovskites, polymer and hybrid nanocomposites, bioactive nanostructures, and two-dimensional materials, including graphene and transition-metal dichalcogenides. The performance of these materials can be precisely tuned through their composition, morphology, and synthesis methods. Recent advances in structuring, surface functionalization, doping, and heterostructure engineering have greatly enhanced their efficiency, selectivity, and stability.
Functional nanomaterials are produced via various techniques, including sol–gel processing, hydrothermal and solvothermal methods, atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, electrochemical growth, and laser ablation. Controlling size, morphology, crystallinity, surface chemistry, and defect density is crucial, as these parameters dictate material properties and functionality.
This Special Issue provides a timely overview of recent progress in functional nanomaterials, emphasizing interdisciplinary contributions that integrate experimental and computational approaches.
The topics covered in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Design, synthesis, and characterization of functional nanomaterials;
- Nanocomposites and hybrid nanostructures;
- Nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion systems ;
- Photocatalytic and electrocatalytic nanomaterials;
- Environmental and sensing applications of nanomaterials;
- Nanoelectronics, magnetic, and optical functional nanomaterials;
- Nanomaterials for biomedical applications;
- Computational and theoretical studies on nanostructured materials;
- Emerging multifunctional, hierarchical, and hybrid nanomaterials;
- Computational modeling and data-driven prediction of nanomaterial properties;
- Machine learning and optimization methods for materials design and discovery.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit review articles, original research papers, and communications for this Special Issue, "Research on Functional Nanomaterials".
Dr. Erick L. Ribeiro
Prof. Dr. Zhen Zhang
Dr. Daniela Andrade Damasceno
Dr. Gabriel Adolfo Cabrera-Pasca
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanomaterial synthesis and characterization
- nanomaterials for energy and electronics
- biomedical nanomaterials
- magnetic nanomaterials
- nanocatalysis
- advanced nanostructures and hybrid nanocomposites
- nanoscale surface functionalization
- computational modeling of nanomaterials
- data-driven materials discovery
- optimization algorithms
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