Metal Nanostructures in Biological Applications
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Biology and Medicines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 3197
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanomaterials; biomaterial; physicochemical characterization; risk assessment; nanomaterial–cell interaction; innovative antimicrobial therapies and nanotechnologies
Interests: microbiology; bacterial and viral infections; host–cell interactions; nanomaterials; nanomaterial risk assessment; innovative antimicrobial drugs; drug delivery; natural antimicrobial compounds
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Dear Colleagues,
Metal nanostructures represent a category of particularly appealing materials due to their physico-chemical properties, such as size, shape, aspect ratio, surface area, surface charge, chemical composition, and surface reactivity, which determine enhanced optical, catalytic, mechanical, magnetic, and antibacterial properties or completely new characteristics. These specific and intrinsic properties, along with the engineering ability to modify their surface to carry antibodies, peptides, and other agents, have made these materials attractive for application in drug and gene delivery, cancer therapy, biomedical imaging, tissue engineering, infectious disease treatment, and oral and skin infection.
Synthesis methodologies to produce metal nanostructures play a key role in determining physico-chemical properties, as well as their biomedical application. However, toxicological studies have shown that some metallic nanoparticles can be toxic. Biological methods, such as green synthesis that uses plant extracts and microorganisms, represent a sustainable, alternative approach to producing biocompatible metal nanostructures. The merging of nanomaterials with biomaterials, such as polymeric hydrogel, or other technologies, such as 3D printing, allows us to develop innovative approaches for biomedicine.
This Special Issue intends to present the current strategies to design and develop innovative tools based on biocompatible metal nanostructures for biomedical applications. We cordially invite you to publish your research in this issue.
Dr. Barbara De Berardis
Dr. Maria Grazia Ammendolia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal nanostructure synthesis and surface modifications
- green synthesis
- drug delivery
- biomedical imaging
- anti-infective treatments
- neurodegenerative diseases
- tissue engineering
- wound healing
- 3D printing
- risk assessment
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