Dear colleagues,

As the editor-in-chief of Nanomaterials, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Nanomaterials 2020 Best Paper Awards.

The awards have been granted to:

First Award—500 CHF:

Production of Curcumin-Loaded Silk Fibroin Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy

By Mercedes G. Montalbán et al.

Nanomaterials 2018, 8(2), 126; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8020126

Biomedical Applications of Silver Nanoparticles: An Up-to-Date Overview

By Ecaterina Andronescu et al.

Nanomaterials 2018, 8(9), 681; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8090681

Second Award—300 CHF:

Lipid-Coated Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles as Innovative ROS-Generators for Photodynamic Therapy in Cancer Cells

By Hanna Engelke and Valentina Cauda et al.

Nanomaterials 2018, 8(3), 143; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8030143

Graphene-Based Nanomaterials for Tissue Engineering in the Dental Field

By Letizia Ferroni and Barbara Zavan et.al.

Nanomaterials 2018, 8(5), 349; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8050349

Third Award—200 CHF:

Cyclodextrin-Based Magnetic Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy

By Radosław Mrówczyński and Kosma Szutkowski et.al.

Nanomaterials 2018, 8(3), 170; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8030170

Magnetic Nanoparticles Applications for Amyloidosis Study and Detection: A Review

By Christel Marquette et.al.

Nanomaterials 2018, 8(9), 740; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8090740

On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Nanomaterials, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with these awards.

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Dr. Shirley Chiang, Nanomaterials