Catalysis, Electronics, Energy and Health at Nanoscale Domain

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, increasing nanoscience applications have been experiencing impressive advances in the fields of catalysis, electronics, energy and health. Functionalized nanomaterials have shown growing and exciting opportunities in nanoscience due to their unique geometrical configuration, tunable optical/chemical property, high surface area, and friendly biocompatibility. In general, researchers need to address two scientific obstacles for building robust nanoplatforms in these fields: 1) developing sophisticated nanotechnology that refers to techniques capable of design, synthesis, and control of nanomaterials that offer desired material properties; 2) endowing the novel physical and chemical properties of nanomaterials which can be applied and engineered to meet applications’ requirements. This Special Issue aiming at toward a better understanding of the synthesis method, reaction mechanism, enhanced performance, and wide applications for different nanostructured systems.

We welcome researchers share their studies and findings in this promising theme, and invite the submission of original research papers, review articles, and perspectives on topics including, but not limited to:

• Synthesis of functionalized nanomaterials with novel shape, size, components, active sites;
• Engineering stable electrode materials and energy storage device with nanostructured materials;
• Electro-, photo-, or thermos-catalytic processes, like pollutant degradation, water splitting, CO₂ conversion, N₂ electroreduction, H₂ evolution, using nanomaterials;
• Fabricating smart nanoplatforms for electronics detectors, wearable/implantable sensors, and energy harvesting;
• Disease diagnosis and therapy, biosafety assessment and biomarker detection in nanomedicine;
• Theoretical analysis of reaction processes and mechanism occurred in nanostructural system.

Dr. Caiyun Wang
Dr. Long Zhang
Guest Editors

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