Luminescence Properties and Bio-Applications of Nanomaterials
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Biology and Medicines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 2840
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanomaterials are a class of solids with external dimensions below approximately 100 nm. In terms of their geometry, nanostructures are classified on the number of their non-confined dimensions: 0D—quantum dots; 1D—nanowires or nanotubes; and 2D—nanofilms, flakes or sheets. Some larger nanocrystals and nanoparticles can appear as complex systems with a core, shell, and certain structural advances. This structural variability grants them unique physical and optical properties, such as tunable emission wavelengths and polarity of intensity, among others. Luminescent nanomaterials have attracted particular interest for emerging applications in biophotonics and medical optics, aiding in bioimaging, diagnostic, and therapeutic purposes. Their use is strongly dependent on the synthesized material and its configuration, with applications in visible light imaging and deep-tissue infrared imaging, as well as therapeutic effects inherent to the material and incorporated chemicals. Over the past two decades, the use of nanostructures has opened fundamentally new approaches to diagnostics and therapy, making this discipline one of the most rapidly developing scientific fields.
This Special Issue of Nanomaterials aims to show a comprehensive collection of articles, outlining progress in the application of luminescent nanomaterials in biophotonics, biology, and medical studies. Potential topics include the use of quantum dots, nanowires, 2D materials, nanocrystals, polymers, and porous nanoparticles, as well as more complex nanoplatforms comprising nanomaterials carrying fluorescent dye, medicine, or other formulations. Included topics are not limited to those mentioned. We invite authors to contribute original research reports and review articles, with the aim of furthering current progress in the field.
Dr. Sergii Golovynskyi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanostructures
- quantum dots
- nanowires
- nanoparticle
- nanocrystal
- imaging
- diagnostics
- therapy
- near infrared
- biophotonics
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