Functional Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation and Ecotoxicity Assessment
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 61
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanomaterials; colloids; surface chemistry; photocatalysis, polymers, drug-delivery, nanoparticles; materials chemistry; metal oxides; semiconductors; sensors; optoelectronics; nanofabrication
Interests: renewable energy; photo-/electro-catalysts; nanosensing; mechanical response; electron microscopy; nanomaterials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanomaterials are important owing to their optical, magnetic, and electrical properties. These properties make nanomaterials fantastic candidates for photocatalysis and sensing.
Photocatalysis is defined as a change in the rate of a photochemical reaction by the activation of a semiconductor photocatalyst with sunlight or artificial light (ultraviolet or visible radiation). This capability can be leveraged to photo-degrade pollutants in environmental remediation efforts as we design smart self-cleaning materials. On the other hand, the strong optical and magnetic responses of metal oxides, along with their biocompatibility, also make them powerful candidates for sensing heavy metal ions and other toxic components in the environment.
The common limitations of photocatalysts are their high rate of recombination of photogenerated electron–hole pairs or their low absorption of radiation in the visible range, while nanomaterials in sensing suffer from a lack of sensitivity and specificity. Therefore, the search for new functional materials with improved properties has attracted the interest of researchers and innovative solutions are being explored via new organic–inorganic hybrids, mixed metal oxides, doping, and the fabrication of composite architectures.
In this context, this Special Issue, entitled Functional Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation and Ecotoxicity Assessment, will bring together recent developments in the field of new nanomaterials for photocatalytic and sensing applications.
The articles presented in this Special Issue will cover various topics, such as the following:
- Synthesis and characterization of metal oxides in different areas:
- Nanomaterials and composite materials ;
- Metals, metal chalcogenides, and polymers;
- Physical methods for characterization;
- Green synthesis.
- Properties of nanomaterials in different areas:
- Optical properties;
- Electrical properties;
- Magnetic properties;
- Sensing properties;
- Biotoxicity.
- Applications of nanomaterials in different areas:
- Pollutant degradation;
- Wastewater and air treatment;
- Optical and magnetic sensing;
- Biosensing;
- Others.
- Critical reviews and perspectives on functional nanomaterial synthesis and applications.
Dr. Riddhiman Medhi
Prof. Dr. Yucheng Lan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanomaterials
- environmental remediation
- sensing
- ecotoxicity
- synthesis
- photocatalysis
- semiconductor
- magnetic
- optical
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