Next-Generation Photoactive Nanomaterials
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy and Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 39
Special Issue Editor
Interests: engineered photoactive nanoparticles (oxides, metals) for nanotechnology/biomedical fields; photo/catalytic processes; reactive oxygen species photogeneration; hybrid biocatalysts; enzyme immobilization on inorganic carriers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue, titled “Next-Generation Photoactive Nanomaterials”, which aims to bring to the forefront the latest and most valuable data on light-sensitive engineered materials, including inorganic and hybrid ones, with a focus on their structural and functional properties.
There are envisaged advanced theoretical and experimental achievements covering the synthesis and characterization of the photoactive nanomaterials, sensitized or not by organic/inorganic compounds, along with investigations on their light interaction impacting various research fields: material science, environmental protection, energy generation, fine chemicals, and biomaterials.
The photocatalytic activity of the powders and films, both in gaseous and liquid phases, is largely used nowadays for air and water cleaning as part of depollution technologies aiming at the complete removal of the harmful compounds by their mineralization under light exposure. Particularly, the solar light-driven processes for depollution or energy generation (e.g., H2 production, development of solar cells) represent main research topics with high applicative potential. Also, special attention is noteworthy to be paid to the generation and monitoring of the reactive oxygen species (·OH hydroxyl radicals, ·O2− superoxide anions, H2O2 hydrogen peroxide, 1O2 singlet oxygen) under UV, solar, and visible light irradiation, since these can modulate the photocatalytic pathways and the reaction products distribution.
The inorganic and hybrid nanomaterials can also be used as nano-photosensitizers in light-assisted therapies and antimicrobial agents, showing a light-driven bioactivity due to the ROS photogeneration.
This Special Issue will gather original research papers and reviews based on innovative approaches to photoactive materials targeting the above-mentioned areas of interest.
Dr. Crina Anastasescu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photoactive nanomaterials
- photocatalysis
- reactive oxygen species
- depollution
- energy generation
- bioactivity
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