Special Issue "Nano-Structured Liquid Crystals"
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2020.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biopolymers and biocomposites; polymeric liquid crystals (and its biomedical applications); development and characterization of new biomaterials for tissue engineering based on polysaccharides (chitin/chitosan and cellulose) or other biocompatible and biodegradable polymers; development of magnetic nanoparticles for cancer theranostics; hyperthermia; electrospinning
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Interests: cellulose nanocrystals; biomimetic materials; synthesis; cellulosic liquid crystalline based polymers; liquid crystals; optical properties
Interests: production and characterization of magnetic and composite nanoparticles and their application in magnetic hyperthermia; MRI and drug delivery; thermosensitive microgels; colloidal electrospinning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Liquid crystalline mesophases or liquid crystals are intermediate states of matter between the liquid and solids. This state of matter originates from a particular arrangement of molecules or nanoscale units. Nano-structured liquid crystals, either synthetic of derived from natural sources, have in the past decade become a very important field of research covering a wide range of applications, from biomedicine to optics. Biomimetic design based on the supramolecular organization of mesophases is an innovative approach for the development of new functional materials and is a subject of broad and current scientific interest.
This Special Issue of Nanomaterials on “Nano-Structured Liquid Crystals” aims to collect the current developments in mesomorphic nanomaterials covering synthetic and physical processing, chemical and/or physical functionalization, biomimetic design, properties and applications. It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue and contribute to the advances in this field.
Prof. Dr. João Paulo Borges
Dr. Susete Nogueira Fernandes
Dr. Paula Isabel Soares
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- liquid crystals
- chemical synthesis
- hybrid mesomorphic nanomaterials
- biological mesomorphic nanomaterials
- biomimetic design
