Cyclodextrins: From Fundamental Studies to Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Molecules intends to publish a Special Issue entitled ‘Cyclodextrins: From Fundamental Studies to Applications’. The fundamental studies include the synthesis of cyclodextrin complexes and modified cyclodextrins and the characterization of them employing spectroscopy, crystallography, and imaging techniques. The applications cover a wide spectrum of areas, i.e., from pharmaceutical, agricultural, or food to materials, environmental, or energy applications. This Special Issue will include reviews and original scientific papers that are focused on the advancement of knowledge in the field and open up new avenues in cyclodextrin chemistry and the allied sciences. Manuscripts are invited from (but not limited to) the following specific areas:

• Structural characterization of cyclodextrins using advanced spectroscopic and imaging methods;
• Novel cyclodextrin pharmaceutical and cosmetic formulations;
• Drug delivery including native and modified cyclodextrins or cyclodextrin-based polymers;
• Novel cyclodextrin derivatives applied to agriculture, food technology, and nutraceuticals;
• Biologically active cyclodextrin derivatives;
• Cyclodextrins in energy and environmental applications;
• Nanoparticulate systems of cyclodextrins and surface modification of nanoparticles using cyclodextrins.

Prof. Dr. Israel V. M. V. Enoch
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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