Composite Nanoparticles and Their Application in Analytical Chemistry
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 493
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Dear Colleagues,
Composite nanoparticles are advanced materials that have recently gained significant attention due to their scientific and technological importance. Since the nanoparticles have size between 1 and 100 nm, these nanoparticles have different properties at their atomic level due to their size effect. Nanoparticles can be classified as metal nanoparticles, non-metal ceramic nanoparticles, semiconductor nanoparticles, and carbon nanoparticles. By having mutual contact interfaces between these respective nanocomponents with different functionalities, the composite nanoparticles not only simply integrate the effect of these nanoparticles, but also significantly enhance intrinsic performance and show a variety of novel features to break the limitations of single-component properties. The composites nanoparticles exhibit multifunctional properties, such as high surface-to-volume ratio for loading of biomolecules such as enzymes, high mechanical strength, high electrical conductivity, redox reactivity, and catalytic activity. In addition, the composite nanoparticles have demonstrated excellent prospects in some important areas, such as development of new functional materials, effective utilization of new energy, wastewater treatment, and biochemical medicine, etc.
In this special issue, we will specifically focus on the synthesis and applications of composite nanoparticles on analytical chemistry fields, such as chemical/electrochemical sensors for environmental pollutants, gas sensor, imaging, and bioanalysis. Additionally, other cutting-edge developments of sensors are also welcomed to be involved.
Prof. Dr. Jerry J. Wu
Dr. Cheng-Hua Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- composite nanoparticles
- chemical sensor
- electrochemical sensor
- gas sensor
- biosensor
- imaging sensor
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