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Novel Materials for Sensing

edited by

Yunlei Xianyu

and

Meiqing Zhu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel materials; sensor design; nanomaterials; functional polymers; biosensors; chemical sensing; electrochemical detection; fluorescent probe

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

Coordination Compounds: Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Versatile Biological Applications

edited by

Rodica Olar

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: coordination compounds; essential/non-essential metal ions; biological activity; antitumor; antimicrobial; in vitro assays; carrier; inorganic/organic matrix

(This special issue belongs to the Section Inorganic Chemistry)

Novel Micro- and Nanocomposites as Ionizing Radiation Shielding Materials: From the Concept to Real-Life Protection

edited by

Gawel Zyla

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanocomposites; microcomposites; shielding; radiation; ionizing radiation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

Synthesis of Functional Materials for Optoelectronics

edited by

Riddhiman Medhi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: optoelectronics; composite materials; nanomaterials; photocatalysis; sensing; synthesis; semiconductor; optical

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

Anticancer Drugs: Design, Synthesis, and Anticancer Activity

edited by Yusuf Tutar

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: structure– activity relationships; pharmacological evaluation; prodrugs and drug delivery; targeted cancer therapy; small molecules; peptides and natural products as anticancer agents; computational drug discovery and virtual screening; mechanism of action studies; in vitro and in vivo anticancer assays; cancer cell signaling modulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Recent Trends in Pharmaceutical Analysis for Drug Development, Therapeutic Monitoring and Biomarker Discovery

edited by