Fabrication of Functional Organic Nanomaterials Using Self-Assembly
01About This Special Issue
Over the past several decades, the fabrication of functional nanomaterials using molecular self-assembly has received enormous attention for their potential applications in optoelectronic, biomedical and technological fields. Researchers around the globe have exploited various non-covalent interactions (for example, electrostatic, π-π stacking, H-bonding) to spatially organize and control the assembly of the building blocks, as the defects arise during self-assembly process may affect the device performance. Among the various established approaches available, the introduction of (i) macrocycles (for example, crown ethers, cyclodextrins, cucurbiturils, calixarenes, catenanes, rotaxanes, cyclophanes) for their ability to form strong host-guest complexes and (ii) short peptides for their ability to organize the functional chromophores via strong intermolecular H-bonding has received a great attention. By exploiting these approaches, a wide variety of supramolecular nanoscale materials (for example, micelles, bilayer vesicles, 1D nanofibers, 2D sheets, gels) have been reported that exhibit remarkable functional properties. The present issue will focus on the recent developments of the functional self-assembling nanomaterials that are shown below.Aims and Scope:
1. Energy Storage and Harvesting Nanomaterials
2. Conducting Nanomateris
3. White Light Emitting Nanomaterials
4. Drug Delivery Vehicles
02Meet the Guest Editors
Our distinguished editors bring deep subject-matter expertise to curate high-quality research and ensure a rigorous peer-review process.
Lead Guest Editor
Siva Krishna Mohan Nalluri
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, United States
Guest Editor
Minh Nguyen
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, United States
Guest Editor
Yangwei Liu
Proportional Technologies Incorporated, Houston, United States
Guest Editor
Issam Oueslati
Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Guest Editor
Hemachandra Kotamarthi
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
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Sivaji Gundala
Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, Albany, United States
Guest Editor
Zhichang Liu
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, United States
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Eswararao Doni
Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Hasmukh Patel
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, United States
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Nadeem Javid
Department of Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Murali Banavoth
Department of Chemistry, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Sunil Babu Eadi
Department of Chemistry, Kumooh National Institute of Technology, Daehak-Ro, South Korea
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Rajendra Kurrapati
Department of Chemistry, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Jugal Kishore Sahoo
Department of Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Hema Sundara Siva Ramakrishna Matte
Institute of Physics, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Guest Editor
Avik Samanta
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Freiburg, Germany
Guest Editor
Qi An
Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, Newark, United States
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Wangjing Ma
Department of Chemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Shyam Lal Sharma
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Al Falah University, Faridabad, India
Guest Editor
Ravindra Singh
Deaprtment of Biotechnology, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, India
