Advances of Metal and Metal Oxide Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Characterization and Biomedical Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Over the past few decades, many pathogenic bacteria have become resistant to existing antibiotics, which has become a threat to infectious disease control worldwide. As a result, there has been an extensive search for new, efficient, and alternative sources of antimicrobial agents to combat multidrug-resistant pathogenic microorganisms. Metal and metal oxide nanocomposites have received considerable attention as an alternative to conventional antimicrobial agents because of their diverse shape, size, high surface-to-volume ratio, chemical/physical stability, activity, and greater degree of selectivity. The design and synthesis of metal and metal oxide nanocomposites (e.g. mono, bi-, tri- and multi-metallic nanocomposites) as well as polymer-based nanocomposites and hydrogels with diversified nanostructures (e.g. nanoarrays, nanotubes, core-shell, nanosheets, and nanorods) has sparked considerable interest in terms of biomedical therapeutics, bioimaging, biosensors, drug delivery, and antimicrobial attributes. As opposed to focusing on individual components, combinations of two or three antimicrobial agents as synergy represent a potential area in need and worthy of further investigation due to several substances with the ability to improve solubility. This Special Issue aims to attract contributions on all aspects of the synthesis, characterization, and biomedical application of different metal and metal oxide nanomaterials, and nanocomposites. Original research articles and reviews that make substantial advances within this field are invited to this editorial project.

Dr. Nagaraj Basavegowda
Prof. Dr. Kwang-Hyun Baek
Guest Editors

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