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Carbon Materials in Materials Chemistry—2nd Edition

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2025) | Viewed by 2364

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Dr. Giuseppe Cirillo

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Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
Interests: nanomaterials; biomaterials; carbon nanostructures; composite and hybrid materials; biomedical applications of functional materials; therapeutic devices; surface chemistry
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Dear Colleagues,

Carbon materials comprise carbon allotropes with different spatial arrangements of carbon atoms, mainly consisting of fullerenes (0D), carbon nanotubes (1D), graphene (2D), and graphite/diamond (3D), with other systems consisting of quasi-spherical graphene structures (graphene quantum dots), elongated strips of graphene (carbon nanoribbons), and rolled graphene sheets with a closed horn-shaped tip (carbon nanohorns).

Carbon materials have attracted a great deal of interest by virtue of their excellent mechanical, thermal, and optical properties, as well as their high biocompatibility after tailored surface functionalization. Carbon materials are widely applied for energy storage, hydrogen storage, electrochemical supercapacitors, field-emitting devices, transistors, nanoprobes and sensors, composite material, and engineered materials for biomedical applications (e.g., drug delivery and tissue engineering).

This Special Issue aims to collect research or review articles focused on the synthesis, characterization, and functionalization of carbon materials from a multidisciplinary point of view, coupling knowledge in chemistry, physics, engineering, and material science but also biology and medicine, to highlight recent advances in this field and act as a platform for knowledge exchange.

Dr. Giuseppe Cirillo
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Keywords

  • carbon materials
  • hybrid materials
  • chemical functionalization
  • sensing materials
  • materials for biomedical applications
  • nanoelectronics
  • mechanical reinforcement

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Sustainable Carbon Materials from Sucrose as Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries
by Belén Lobato, Nuria Cuesta, Ignacio Cameán, Maria Rosa Martínez-Tarazona, Roberto García, Ana Arenillas and Ana B. García
Molecules 2025, 30(5), 1003; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30051003 - 21 Feb 2025
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The implementation of sodium-ion batteries for renewable energy storage requires the development of sustainable electrode materials. Usually, these materials are produced through complex energy-intensive processes that are challenging to scale and involve expensive and/or toxic reagents. In this study, sustainable hard carbon materials, [...] Read more.
The implementation of sodium-ion batteries for renewable energy storage requires the development of sustainable electrode materials. Usually, these materials are produced through complex energy-intensive processes that are challenging to scale and involve expensive and/or toxic reagents. In this study, sustainable hard carbon materials, some doped with iron, synthesized from sucrose using a simple, fast, and cost-effective two-step eco-friendly process, are investigated as anodes for sodium-ion batteries. The influence of physicochemical and structural material properties on electrode reversible capacity, cycling stability, and efficiency is analyzed. The SC900 material, which exhibits a certain development of graphite-like structure, though not strictly graphitic, showed the best electrochemical performance, providing discharge capacities exceeding 100 mAh g−1 after 400 cycles with excellent cycling stability and high coulombic efficiency. The capacity of the materials increases as d002 decreases, (i.e., as the degree of structural order increases), to the optimum value of ~0.3700 nm. However, a further decrease in d002 to values characteristic of quasi-graphitic materials, as a consequence of the catalytic effect of iron, hinders Na+-ion storage, which, in addition to the low electrochemical activity of the iron oxides present, leads to much lower capacities. Full article
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ZnO–Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite for Paclitaxel Delivery and Enhanced Toxicity in Breast Cancer Cells
by Lorenzo Francesco Madeo, Christine Schirmer, Giuseppe Cirillo, Ayah Nader Asha, Rasha Ghunaim, Samuel Froeschke, Daniel Wolf, Manuela Curcio, Paola Tucci, Francesca Iemma, Bernd Büchner, Silke Hampel and Michael Mertig
Molecules 2024, 29(16), 3770; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29163770 - 9 Aug 2024
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A ZnO-Graphene oxide nanocomposite (Z-G) was prepared in order to exploit the biomedical features of each component in a single anticancer material. This was achieved by means of an environmentally friendly synthesis, taking place at a low temperature and without the involvement of [...] Read more.
A ZnO-Graphene oxide nanocomposite (Z-G) was prepared in order to exploit the biomedical features of each component in a single anticancer material. This was achieved by means of an environmentally friendly synthesis, taking place at a low temperature and without the involvement of toxic reagents. The product was physicochemically characterized. The ZnO-to-GO ratio was determined through thermogravimetric analysis, while scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were used to provide insight into the morphology of the nanocomposite. Using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, it was possible to confirm that the graphene flakes were homogeneously coated with ZnO. The crystallite size of the ZnO nanoparticles in the new composite was determined using X-ray powder diffraction. The capacity of Z-G to enhance the toxicity of the anticancer drug Paclitaxel towards breast cancer cells was assessed via a cell viability study, showing the remarkable anticancer activity of the obtained system. Such results support the potential use of Z-G as an anticancer agent in combination with a common chemotherapeutic like Paclitaxel, leading to new chemotherapeutic formulations. Full article
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