Recent Insights on Metal Nanomaterials for Biomedicine and Health Care

Dear Colleagues,

Nanoparticles of precious metals, in particular palladium, platinum, silver and gold, arouse interest due to their unique properties associated with, inter alia, high chemical stability and specific optical properties associated with the phenomenon of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR). Noble metal nanoparticles are used, for example, as photosensitizers in photothermal anticancer therapy, as drug and gene carriers and in bioimaging.

Metallic nanoparticles are also known as a leader in the fight against pathogenic microbial activity. They are characterised by high antimicrobial efficacy manifested against bacteria, viruses and fungi. Metal nanoparticles are an effective agent destroying a wide spectrum of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, they are also effective against antibiotic-resistant strains. Metallic nanoparticles are used in medicine, agriculture, veterinary medicine, food industry and cosmetology.

There is no doubt that the presence of nanoparticles in many consumer products improves quality of life in general, providing numerous useful and economic benefits. Nanoparticles have been introduced into the formulation of hundreds of different types of products, representing a breakthrough in their use.

Therefore, there is a need to present the results of original experimental or theoretical research work undertaken to acquire new knowledge used to develop technologies to obtain new nanomaterials, to modify known processes for better controlling their properties or to develop formulations that will not have harmful properties towards living matter or will reduce these properties while maintaining the functionality of materials and exceptional performance properties.

The present Special Issue of Nanomaterials will cover all aspects of most recent advances in application of metal nanoparticles in Biomedicine. Also, the scope will include novel approaches in obtaining, modifying and characterizing nanomaterials that may be applied in Bionanomedicine.

Prof. Dr. Marcin Banach
Dr. Jolanta Pulit-Prociak
Dr. Olga Długosz
Guest Editors

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