Progress in Magnetic Nanoparticles: From Synthesis to Applications

A particularly fascinating and dynamic field of research lies at the intersection of magnetism and materials at the nanoscale. Magnetic nanoparticles in all sizes and shapes, as well as their assembly into functional structures, have attracted significant attention in recent decades. Among many interesting features, we want to highlight their ability to heat when subjected to radiofrequency fields, the possibility of manipulating and guiding them using external magnetic fields, and the unconventional magnetic phenomena that arise when the size is decreased. A significant amount of research efforts are devoted to improving their synthesis and reproducibility, tailoring their properties, and creating assembled materials where magnetic properties are enhanced in various ways. From sensing to catalysis and in nanomedicine and environmental sciences, magnetic nanoparticles have a wide range of applicability in the leading research areas of today.

This Special Issue aims to gather an extensive compilation of cutting-edge research articles, short communications and reviews related to the development of magnetic nanoparticles, including robust and reproducible synthesis approaches, their assembly in complex structures and the collective properties thereof, chemical functionalization and characterization, theoretical modeling and computational studies and their multidisciplinary applications.