Materials Make a Better Life: Functional Metals, Metal Oxides, and Metal Complexes

Dear Colleagues,

A global crisis related to the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the threats arising from the rapid increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and from the possibility of appearance of new kinds of viruses. The wide research currently carried out aims at the production of new materials, to know their microbicidal or antiviral mechanisms and to use them in various areas of our life. The subject matter of the proposed Special Issue would be studies concerning material based on metals, metal oxides, and d-electron metal complexes and their potential applications in different fields of our life, e.g., in medicine, cosmetics, the food industry, agriculture, and environmental protection. Biodegradable materials with the potential to be used in various areas of our life, e.g., as scaffolds supporting tissue reconstruction, systems for the transport and release of drugs or anti-inflammatory agents, and materials with microbicidal surfaces are of particular interest issue and have been studied intensively in recent years, and any studies on them can be included to this Special Issue.

We would like this Special Issue to become a place for presenting research results and exchanging experiences in the field of use of metals, their oxides, and their complexes in various biomedical applications. The results of research on the material synthesis and their physicochemical, mechanical, photocatalytic properties, and biological activity are of interest to us. We expect submissions of reports from conducted research, and full articles, as well as review articles.