Biomimetic and Biogenic Multifunctional Nanomaterials

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is devoted to an important direction in the development of new magnetic and nonmagnetic nanomaterials associated with the use of natural, namely biogenic, components in their composition or in their preparation, as well as with the imitation of natural processes in the synthesis of biomimetic nanomaterials. The use of biogenic nanomaterials, including bacterial metallic and semiconductor nanoparticles, and magnetosomes provides high physicochemical and biological characteristics that are not always achievable for fully synthetic nanomaterials. At the same time, the productivity of biomineralization processes is still inferior to the productivity of modern synthesis techniques, including the bioinspired methods for obtaining colloidal quantum dots, noble metal nanoparticles and magnetic liposomes. In addition, the imitation of natural processes in the preparation of magnetic nanomaterials makes it possible to significantly simplify paleomagnetic studies of magnetic minerals, including those containing biogenic nanosized inclusions of iron oxides of various polymorphic modifications. Finally, new biogenic, biomimetic and hybrid natural-synthetic nanomaterials for a full understanding of the processes occurring during their synthesis and subsequent application make developing new research methods relevant, including instrumental techniques and mathematical modeling.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Biogenic magnetic and nonmagnetic nanomaterials;
• Biomimetic magnetic and nonmagnetic nanomaterials;
• Hybrid natural-synthetic nanomaterials;
• Natural minerals containing biogenic nanoparticles and their synthetic analogues;
• Nanostructured composite membranes for biomimetic actuators and sensors;
• Sustainable multifunctional biomimetic nanomaterials;
• Bioinspired synthesis of nanomaterials;
• Novel methods for study of biomimetic and biogenic nanomaterials;
• Mathematical modeling of biomimetic and biogenic nanomaterials;
• Applications of biomimetic and biogenic nanomaterials.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Kamil Gareev
Dr. Maxim Shevtsov
Guest Editors

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