Nanostructured carbon materials have attracted great attention due to their capability for use in various fields such as energy, environment, water, or biomedicine. Nanostructured carbon materials form various allotropes in zero-, one-, two-, and three-dimensional nanoscales such as fullerene, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene or nanocarbon coating, and diamond or porous carbon, respectively. Furthermore, carbon materials can have new functions in electrical, physical, or chemical properties by assembly or architecturing with different functional nanomaterials, such as nanocomposites of CNTs with functional nanoparticles, carbon nanocoatings with functional metal element, or graphene modified with carbon materials and metal or oxide nanomaterials.

The major goals of this special issue are to find novel fabrication methods for nanostructured carbon materials and the assembly or architecturing of carbon nanomaterials with metal or oxide nanomaterials for novel functionalization in up-to-date applications. The issue will include research papers and article reviews covering a wide range of current progress on nanostructured carbon materials.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Fundamentals in the preparation of nanostructured carbon materials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, nanocarbon coatings, thin films, and assembled nanocomposites or architectures
• Modification with chemical or physical methods and characterization for nanostructured carbon materials
• Synthesis and fabrication of novel nanostructured carbon materials for special functions of lubrication, catalytic reaction, wettability with surface energy control, and biocompatibility
• Applications in hard coatings, energy storage and conversion, water filtration, catalysts, and biomedical coatings