New Advances into Nanostructured Oxides, 3rd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

The first edition of this Special Issue, entitled “New Advances in Nanostructured Oxides”, was published in Inorganics in November 2022 and collected 13 high-level contributions, receiving more than 39,000 views; meanwhile, the second edition of this Special Issue, entitled “New Advances into Nanostructured Oxides, 2nd Edition”, closed in December 2024, collecting 11 interesting contributions and receiving more than 16,000 views. Due to the success of the previous editions and interest in this topic, we have decided to propose a third edition of this Special Issue, entitled “New Advances into Nanostructured Oxides, 3rd Edition”. In this Special Issue, we aim to continue discussions regarding this important class of inorganic materials and offer platform for the dissemination of research and ideas.

In recent years, inorganic oxidic nanomaterials have been extensively investigated due to their outstanding properties, which enable their utilization within a range of fields, including (photo)catalysis and the development of functional nanocomposites. Nanoscopic metal (eventually mixed) oxides are often fabricated via soft-chemistry approaches (e.g., sol–gel processes), which are able to favor specific morphologies, particle dimensions, and surface porosities through different synthetic methods and templating processes. In this context, surface functionalities and reactivity play a major role in the determination of the final properties of nanomaterials. For this reason, further surface functionalization with specific chemical moieties is often recommended to extend their field of application. This Special Issue aims to enhance our understanding of the mechanisms involved in the synthesis (and templating) of inorganic oxidic nanomaterials, as well as in their surface functionalization and reactivity. Additionally, this Special Issue aims to enhance our knowledge regarding the use of these systems in catalysis, environmental clean-up processes, energy storage, controlled transport and/or release, biomedicine, sensing, the development of smart-materials, stimuli-responsive materials, and nanocomposites. The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, alumina, silica, transition metal oxides (e.g., cobalt oxides, copper oxides, nickel oxide, titania, zinc oxide, zirconia), rare earth oxides, aluminosilicates (e.g., clays, zeolites), ferrites, perovskites, hybrids and (nano)composites. Furthermore, this Special Issue welcomes the submission of studies that describe alternative ecofriendly preparation methods.

Therefore, we invite you to contribute with original, high-quality papers and review articles that discuss significant advances regarding the synthesis, characterization, structure–property relationship, and application of inorganic oxidic nanomaterials.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Roberto Nisticò
Dr. Tatiana Rodriguez-Flores
Guest Editors

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• adsorption
• Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs)
• aerogels
• biomaterials
• biomedicine
• catalysis
• controlled transport and/or release
• drug-delivery systems
• electrocatalysis
• energy storage and production
• environmental remediation
• functional coatings
• heterogeneous catalysis
• inorganic chemistry
• magnetic materials
• membrane and separation technology
• mesoporous materials
• metal oxides
• microporous materials
• mixed-metal oxides
• monoliths
• nanocomposites
• photocatalysis
• sensing
• smart materials
• sol–gel
• solid-state characterization
• stimuli-responsive materials
• surface functionalization
• templating processes
• thin films
• wastewater treatments
• zeolites

• New Advances into Nanostructured Oxides in Inorganics (13 articles)
• New Advances into Nanostructured Oxides, 2nd Edition in Inorganics (10 articles)