MDPI materials 2019 : Anodized Nanoporous Materials

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of /Materials/ will focus on nanoporous materials fabricated by the electrochemical anodization process. Anodization is an industrially-significant technique, which has been used for over a century to primarily protect the surface of metals. Through this process, a large variety of nanoporous materials from valve metals can be prepared, but the most common nanoporous materials made using anodization include porous silicon, nanoporous alumina, and titania nanotube arrays. These materials due to their tunable pore morphology and dimensions have become very popular for a broad range of applications. For example, porous silicon and porous alumina are suitable for development of optical and photonic sensing devices, drug delivery and molecular separation, whereas titania nanotube arrays are mainly applied in localized drug delivery systems and implants.

The aim of this Special Issue will be to cover the recent advances in both the fundamental and applied research in the field of anodized nanoporous materials. This Special Issue will cover the broad area of anodized nanoporous materials starting from the development of new nanoporous materials in terms of structure to optical, chemical, and photonic properties to the applications for anodized nanoporous materials in drug delivery, sensing, and molecular separation. Thus, we invite submissions from various research areas in chemistry, biology, materials, and so on. We encourage high-quality research articles containing original scientific results and review articles elaborating on the properties and features of anodized nanoporous materials are encouraged for submission to this Special Issue.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Development of novel anodized nanoporous materials.
Development of nanoporous materials based optical, photonic, and electrochemical sensors.
Development of nanoporous materials based drug delivery systems for systemic and localized delivery.
Interaction of nanoporous materials with biological systems like cells, proteins, nucleotides, etc.
Development of nanoporous materials based corrosion protection and anti-biofouling systems.
Development of nanoporous membranes based molecular separation and desalination systems.

Dr. Tushar Kumeria
Guest Editor

Keywords

electrochemical anodization
porous silicon
nanoporous alumina
titania nanotube arrays

Submission steps:

1. Register via our system https://susy.mdpi.com/ and login;

2. Click "Submit to Special Issue" at:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/special_issues/Nanoporous_Materials

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