Emerging Multifunctional Nanostructures

Call for Papers

The interest in emerging nanostructures is growing exponentially since they are promising building blocks for advanced multifunctional nanocomposites. In recent years, an evolution from the controlled synthesis of individual, monodisperse nanoparticles to the tailored preparation of hybrid spherical and also unsymmetrical, multiparticle nanostructures is clearly observed. As a matter of fact, the field of nanostructures built around a nanospecies such as inside, outside, and next to a nanoparticle is becoming a new evolving area of research and development with potential applications in improved drug delivery systems, innovative magnetic sensors, and highly efficient catalysts, among several others.

This special issue of Journal of Nanomaterials will be devoted to emerging nanostructures and openly call for new contributions in the field of synthesis, characterization, and applications of multifunctional nanoobjects such as core-shell nanoparticles and other related complex nanoarchitectures. It intends to cover a broad spectrum of materials (from metal and metal oxide to fused carbon, synthetic polymer, and biopolymer structures), nanostructure morphologies (spherical, cylindrical, star-like, etc.), improved properties (conducting, magnetic, sensing, and “smart” characteristics, etc.), and applications (drug delivery, cancer treatment, advanced sensors and biosensors, self-healing nanocomposites, and so on).

Papers are solicited preferably in the following topics:

  • Nanofunctional materials
  • Nanoactuators
  • Nanosensor systems
  • Drug delivery nanosystems and nanodevices
  • Nanostructural components
  • Nanoconductive materials

Authors should follow the Journal of Nanomaterials manuscript format described at the journal site http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jnm/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the Journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/, according to the following timetable:

Manuscript DueJuly 1, 2008
First Round of ReviewsOctober 1, 2008
Publication DateJanuary 1, 2009

Guest Editors

  • Hongyou Fan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, 1001 University Boulevard. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
  • Yunfeng Lu, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Deptartment, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
  • Ganapathiraman Ramanath, Materials Science and Engineering Deptartment, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY 12180, USA
  • José A. Pomposo, New Materials Deptartment, CIDETEC — Centre for Electrochemical Technologies, Donostia — San Sebastián, E20009, Spain