Biocompatible functional nanomaterials (BFNs) are revolutionizing many aspects of preventive and therapeutic healthcare, which play important roles in the developments of new medical devices, bioassay technologies, drug delivery systems, and diagnostic techniques. In recent years, synthesis and applications of these materials attract great interest, owing to their important applications in a variety of fields, such as optics, electronics, heterogeneous catalysis, sensors, electrocatalysis, bionanotechnology, and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS).

This special issue aims to attract high-quality research and review articles associated with the BFN: synthesis, properties, and applications. Many efforts would be made to cover the basic and applied research of the BFN. We solicit research and review papers that address the above-mentioned research topics. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Synthesis and properties of BFN
• Plasmonics optics and electronics
• Biosensors and biofuel cells and biochips
• Bioelectronics and diagnostics
• Biomedical image analysis
• Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
• Catalysis/heterogeneous catalysis/electrocatalysis

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jnm/guidelines/. 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: