Nanostructured Materials for Biological and Pharmaceutical Applications (Third Edition)
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Biology and Medicines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 February 2026 | Viewed by 34
Special Issue Editor
Interests: functional liposomes; functional dendritic polymers; carbon-based nanostructured materials; nano-sized drug delivery systems; drug targeting; triggered drug release; antibacterial agents
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Dear Colleagues,
Nanotechnology is an emerging field that involves the manipulation of matter at the nanometer scale, resulting in a new class of materials with enhanced properties for a wide range of applications. In terms of terminology, nanotechnology is defined as the science and engineering concerned with the design, synthesis, characterization, and application of materials and devices with at least one dimension at the nanometer scale. Currently, nanomedicine—which focuses on the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of various diseases using nanoscale tools—and biomedical engineering are among the most promising and challenging fields in the application of nanostructured materials. Nanostructured materials—including inorganic or organic, crystalline or amorphous forms, and supramolecular structures such as micelles, liposomes, polymersomes, dendrimers, cyclodextrins, polymeric, metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, lipid and polymeric nanocapsules, carbon nanostructures, quantum dots, and others—have been widely used in biological and pharmaceutical applications due to their excellent structural properties and their ability to be functionalized with specific ligands. These features allow for controllable size and shape, enhanced targetability, high loading capacity, and controlled release of drugs and other bioactive molecules. Although various types of nanostructured materials have been developed and proposed for biological applications, only a limited number have received approval, primarily due to challenges related to biocompatibility, pharmacokinetics, and in vivo targeting efficacy. Therefore, there is still significant room for improvement, particularly in addressing issues such as cytotoxicity, immunogenicity, and limited biocompatibility more extensively.
The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight recent advances in all aspects relevant to the design, synthesis, and characterization of nanostructured materials, for intended applications such as drug and gene delivery systems, stimulus-responsive therapeutics, bioimaging agents, bioanalytical diagnostics, theranostics, tissue engineering scaffolds and devices, and antibacterial agents, among possible others. This Special Issue of Nanomaterials will collate original high-quality research papers focused on the most recent advances and comprehensive reviews addressing state-of-the-art topics in the field of various nanostructured materials for biological and pharmaceutical applications.
Dr. Zili Sideratou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanostructured materials
- drug and gene delivery systems
- stimuli-responsive therapeutics
- bioimaging agents
- bio-analytical diagnostics
- theranostics
- antibacterial/antimicrobial/antiviral agents
- drug targeting
- triggered drug release
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