Synthesis and Applications of Noble Metal Nanoparticles
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2020) | Viewed by 442
Special Issue Editor
Interests: design, synthesis, and characterization of noble metal nanoparticles; application of noble metal nanoparticles, especially in medicine, biology, and electrochemical processes; growth mechanisms of shape-controlled and hollow noble metal nanoparticles; stabilization and functionalization of noble metal nanoparticles
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanoparticles have unique, size-dependent properties, leading to numerous applications in various branches of industry. The possibility to design the properties of nanoparticles for a particular application, by controlling the synthesis conditions, makes these nanomaterials very interesting for medicine, pharmacology, electrochemistry, optics, sensorics, etc. The application of nanoparticles is associated with the design of specific nanostructures, which can be used as novel, high-selective materials. There are a lot of synthesis methods and applications of noble metal nanoparticles; however, there is no doubt that studies on the synthesis and applications of noble metal nanoparticles are multidisciplinary and involve many complex phenomena and processes.
This Special Issue of Molecules aims to publish original, high-quality research papers covering the most recent advances, as well as comprehensive reviews addressing state-of-the-art topics in the field of synthesis methods and applications of noble metal nanoparticles.
Topics to be covered by this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:
- Design and synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles with controlled morphology and surface charge;
- Growth mechanisms of shape-controlled and hollow noble metal nanoparticles;
- Functionalization of noble metal nanoparticles for biological and medical, sensors and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) applications;
- New experimental methods and approaches for the determination of reactions and processes occurring on noble metal nanoparticles dispersed in aqueous and organic media during catalytic reactions;
- Experimental and theoretical analysis of noble metal nanoparticle properties including electrocatalytic, optic, etc. properties;
- Noble metal nanoparticles for electrocatalysis in fuel cells, in particular these fueled by ethanol;
- New, innovative areas of noble metal nanoparticle applications;
- Critical assessments and future directions in research based on the use of noble metal nanoparticles.
In advance, I would like to gratefully acknowledge the authors and reviewers who will participate in the elaboration of this Special Issue and will thus contribute to the development of research based on the synthesis methods and applications of noble metal nanoparticles.
Dr. Magdalena Parlinska-Wojtan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Noble metal nanoparticles
- Synthesis methods and protocols
- Design of NPs
- Stabilization and functionalization of NPs
- Hollow NPs
- Multimetallic NPs
- Shape-controlled NPs
- Catalysis
- Applications of NPs
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