Nanostructures: Preparation, Structural Characteristics and Properties
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Nanoscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2025 | Viewed by 5351
Special Issue Editor
Interests: photodynamic properties; intra/inter-molecular interactions in solutions and in solvent mixtures (preferential solvation) and the effect of medium factors; solvatochromic behavior of some azomaleimide derivatives using density functional theory (DFT), charge transfer in azomaleimides by quantochemical calculations (DFT, TD-DFT, ab initio)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The nanostructured materials have gained a great interest in the past years not only for basic scientific research, but for their practical perspectives due to their unique physico-chemical characteristics as compared to the bulk counterparts. Preparation of highly quality nanostructures having tailorable size, shape and morphology is essential for applications in optoelectronics, photocatalysis, ceramics, biomedical imaging, sensing, waterwaste treatment or nanodevices. Also, the semiconducting quantum dots present an intensive development in the field of nanotechnology. The size, surface structure and interactions between nanoparticles can lead to the new properties and improve the performances of the nanomaterials which can realize by their controllable synthesis. A continual effort has been performed towards the nanostructured metal oxides due to their unexpected physical and chemical characteristics that arise from quantum confinement at nanoscale. Additionally, the optical and electrical properties of the nanostructures are very important in the elucidation of the reactions and formation mechanisms of the nanoparticles. This special issue proposes to highlight, but it is not limited, recent progress in the synthesis, properties and applicability of the nanostructured materials, modification of the nanostructures by transition or noble metals as well as the future trends.
Dr. Anton Airinei
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanostructures
- synthesis methods
- optical and electronic properties
- morphology
- band gap engineering
- spectroscopy
- photocatalysis
- metal doping
- nanoheterostructures
- antioxidant and antimicrobial activity
- biomedical applications
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