Review Papers for Applied Nano Science and Technology

Dear Colleagues,

Despite the fact that nanotechnology is well established in different fields of applications, crucial expectations surrounding nanotechnology remain an important challenge for future developments. These challenges include, for example, (1) a generally usable building-block strategy for hierarchically organized functional molecular architectures in addition to the natural systems of DNA and proteins; (2) the shrinking of machines and reactors to the nanoscale; (3) a general concept for integration of nanomaterials and nanomachines and devices into natural material cycles; (4) a self-sustainable time-scale and life-time management for operation, re-use, and recycling of nanosystems; (5) construction and operation of autonomous nanosystems with balanced freedom and external control; and (6) realization of nanosystems with autonomous entropy management. These problems have not yet been solved, but the progress in nanosciences and nanotechnologies in recent years has supplied us with a lot of detailed results which might be helpful for finding general solutions in the future. Important parts of this accumulated knowledge will be reflected in a collection of review articles, progress reports and mini reviews in this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Johann Michael Köhler
Guest Editor

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