Emerging Sustainable Nanomaterials: Exploration and Advanced Applications
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 39
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanotechnology; nanochemistry; nanoagriculture; environmental remediation
Interests: polymer synthesis and characterization; modification of biopolymers for the generation of biomaterials; polymeric materials and nanocomposites for water remediation; polymeric membranes for the removal and separation of ions of interest
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are writing to you to invite you to contribute to Sustainability’s Special Issue on the topic of “Emerging Sustainable Nanomaterials: Exploration and Advanced Applications”. Nanotechnology is an incredibly important technology with applications in a wide range of areas; however, many methods for the generation of nanomaterials require unsustainable materials or can have an unsustainable impact on the environment. In order to address these issues, new methods for the synthesis of nanomaterials which would involve more sustainable methods and less impactful products have been favored in recent years. Hence, this Special Issue focuses on new methods being developed to produce less environmentally damaging nanomaterials.
The proposed scope of this Issue includes the following topics:
- Synthesis methods for nanomaterials using more sustainable materials.
- New more efficient/less wasteful methods for the production of nanomaterials
- Applications of nanotechnology which can improve the sustainability of industrial/environmental processes.
- Social, economic, and regulatory issues to the application of nanotechnology in more sustainable systems.
This Issue aims to show that novel methods for both the production and utilization of nanomaterials and their related technology can help achieve more sustainable and lasting nanotechnology.
Dr. Joseph Edward Govan
Dr. Julio Sánchez
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- nanotechnology
- circular economy
- environmental remediation
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