Renewable Nanomaterials
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 7986
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soft matter; colloidal systems; macromolecules; hydrogels; active interfaces; biomaterials; nanocelluloses
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural bio-products have received significant attention in the past decade with regard to the development of advanced functional materials for a myriad of applications, including energy conversion and storage, environmental remediation, healthcare, food, hygiene, personal care, and cosmetics. Converting naturally-derived materials to micro- and nanoscale features may provide additional physico-chemical improvements over the bulk counterparts, encompassing increased surface area, functional group density, colloidal stability, dispersibility, homogeneity, and porosity, which have contributed to advancing the field of sustainable development. Accordingly, the field of sustainable nanomaterials has emerged as one of the most promising infrastructures for addressing the unmet challenges of the 21st century.
This Special Issue endeavors to gather the expert opinions and recent advances in the design, synthesis, characterization, and applications of state-of-the-art, nanotechnology-enabled renewable material platforms, including polysaccharide-, lipid-, and protein-based nanomaterials. These nanomaterials span from nanocelluloses, to nanoscale pectin, starch, alginate, carrageenan, agarose, lignin, zein, soy and wheat proteins, phospholipids, fatty acids, phytosterols, cardanol, pollen grains, and other naturally-derived nanoengineered materials. Authors are welcome to submit their original research and/or review articles.
Dr. Amir Sheikhi
Prof. Dr. Mehdi Tajvidi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Sustainable nanotechnology
- Polysaccharide nanomaterials
- Protein nanomaterials
- Renewable lipids
- Pollen grains
- Nanocellulose
- Drug delivery
- Energy and environment
- Sensors and flexible electronics
- Personal care
- Barrier films and membranes
- Rheology modifiers
- Binders
