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Carbon Materials in Materials Chemistry—2nd Edition

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 1213

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Interests: nanomaterials; biomaterials; carbon nanostructures; composite and hybrid materials; biomedical applications of functional materials; therapeutic devices; surface chemistry
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Dear Colleagues,

Carbon materials comprise carbon allotropes with different spatial arrangements of carbon atoms, mainly consisting of fullerenes (0D), carbon nanotubes (1D), graphene (2D), and graphite/diamond (3D), with other systems consisting of quasi-spherical graphene structures (graphene quantum dots), elongated strips of graphene (carbon nanoribbons), and rolled graphene sheets with a closed horn-shaped tip (carbon nanohorns).

Carbon materials have attracted a great deal of interest by virtue of their excellent mechanical, thermal, and optical properties, as well as their high biocompatibility after tailored surface functionalization. Carbon materials are widely applied for energy storage, hydrogen storage, electrochemical supercapacitors, field-emitting devices, transistors, nanoprobes and sensors, composite material, and engineered materials for biomedical applications (e.g., drug delivery and tissue engineering).

This Special Issue aims to collect research or review articles focused on the synthesis, characterization, and functionalization of carbon materials from a multidisciplinary point of view, coupling knowledge in chemistry, physics, engineering, and material science but also biology and medicine, to highlight recent advances in this field and act as a platform for knowledge exchange.

Dr. Giuseppe Cirillo
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Keywords

  • carbon materials
  • hybrid materials
  • chemical functionalization
  • sensing materials
  • materials for biomedical applications
  • nanoelectronics
  • mechanical reinforcement

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ZnO–Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite for Paclitaxel Delivery and Enhanced Toxicity in Breast Cancer Cells
by Lorenzo Francesco Madeo, Christine Schirmer, Giuseppe Cirillo, Ayah Nader Asha, Rasha Ghunaim, Samuel Froeschke, Daniel Wolf, Manuela Curcio, Paola Tucci, Francesca Iemma, Bernd Büchner, Silke Hampel and Michael Mertig
Molecules 2024, 29(16), 3770; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29163770 - 9 Aug 2024
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A ZnO-Graphene oxide nanocomposite (Z-G) was prepared in order to exploit the biomedical features of each component in a single anticancer material. This was achieved by means of an environmentally friendly synthesis, taking place at a low temperature and without the involvement of [...] Read more.
A ZnO-Graphene oxide nanocomposite (Z-G) was prepared in order to exploit the biomedical features of each component in a single anticancer material. This was achieved by means of an environmentally friendly synthesis, taking place at a low temperature and without the involvement of toxic reagents. The product was physicochemically characterized. The ZnO-to-GO ratio was determined through thermogravimetric analysis, while scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were used to provide insight into the morphology of the nanocomposite. Using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, it was possible to confirm that the graphene flakes were homogeneously coated with ZnO. The crystallite size of the ZnO nanoparticles in the new composite was determined using X-ray powder diffraction. The capacity of Z-G to enhance the toxicity of the anticancer drug Paclitaxel towards breast cancer cells was assessed via a cell viability study, showing the remarkable anticancer activity of the obtained system. Such results support the potential use of Z-G as an anticancer agent in combination with a common chemotherapeutic like Paclitaxel, leading to new chemotherapeutic formulations. Full article
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