This special issue will focus on the unique properties of Metal oxide nanoparticles and their photocatalytic applications. Metal oxide exhibits a unique electrical, optical, and magnetic property which leads to many applications like photocatalysis. An ideal photocatalyst should be stable, inexpensive, non-toxic and, of course, highly photoactive. Currently, scientists are working on synthesizing new, economical, and effective methods for synthesizing metal oxide nanoparticles. The aim of special issue is to cover the designing and preparation of metal oxide nanoparticles with high efficient applications photocatalysis. We welcome reviews and original research papers (experimental, theoretical, or simulation works) on Metal Oxide nanoparticles and their application in photocatalysis.

This special issue will focus on the unique properties of Graphene based hybrid nanostructures and their energy, environment, and analytical applications.

Graphene exhibits unique electronic, thermal, optical, magnetic, and mechanical properties arising from its 2D structure, which leads to many important technical applications. Currently, cheap, large-scale production and processing methods for high-quality graphene become available, thus graphene based haybrid nanomaterials have enormous potential. Therefore, the studies on hybrid graphene nanostructures in the aspects of chemistry, physics, materials, biology and interdisciplinary science have been grown tremendously in the past few years. In this special issue, synthesis, electronic structure of graphene hybrid nanostructure will be covered from the point of view of chemistry, physics and materials. In addition, the recent significant advances in their potential technological applications together with discussion on its major challenges and opportunities for the future of garphene nanocomposites are included.

This special issue will focus on nanomaterials for biomedical applications, particularly in health care that include disease detection and therapy. The advances in the field of nanotechnology have not only highlighted potential application of tailored nanoparticles for controlled drug release at the target site, but also of nanomaterials for tissue engineering applications.

The intense research in the area of nanomaterials for health care has led to extensive growth in knowledge in this sphere of nanotechnology. The rapid progress and advancement necessitates an early projection of the innovative investigations being undertaken in distant regions of the globe. Coordinated intellectual contribution will benefit the scientific community to augment progress in this field.

Chalcogenide thin films are considered as high potential to replace silicon-based photovoltaic cell in future. Several reasons such as lower production cost, appropriate band gap value and simple deposition method have definitely brought the researchers a great deal of attention. Chemical bath deposition and electro deposition are examples of economical deposition method. Nowadays, latest research development shows that there are several types of solar cells are under developing, which include photoelectrochemical cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, organic solar cells and polymer solar cells. Here, scientists can emphasis on the fundamental aspects of this particular field in this special issue. They can also provide an overview of promising ideas for future research on this field using research findings. Overall, our intention is to inform our potential readers of exciting developments in solar cells technologies.

The present proposal is to highlight the latest strategies and concepts involved to develop high efficient and economical solar cells.
Our intentions are to cover the latest development in the field of solar cells for the benefit of society and researchers working in the field of solar cells for energy requirements.

This topic will focus on the rapidly emerging field of pharmaceutical applications in translational cancer research: the use of nanotechnologies for efficient delivery of therapeutic compounds & diagnostic moieties to the target cancer tissue/site. The recent evolution of nanomedicine has opened new venues and novel paradigms in the utilization of anticancer therapeutics and imaging agents. At present, lipid-based nanocarriers, namely liposomes, are the only nano-scale drug formulation has been used in clinical oncology practice. Yet, a diverse arsenal of lipo-polymeric nano-vehicles is going through various stages of clinical development, in several countries. Furthermore, an ever increasing number of research groups are exploiting the wide range of applications of these lipidic nano-platforms in cancer research, for drug delivery and diagnostic purposes.

We invite researchers to contribute to this special issue with original research articles or technical reviews to cover all the pharmaceutical aspects of novel lipidic nano-assemblies, and demonstrating their superior anti-neoplastic efficacy and lower toxicity and side-effects, in comparison to conventional drug/contrast delivery formulations.

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