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La revista “Journal of Nanotechnology” de la Editorial Hindawi me ha invitado a editar junto con otros científicos un ejemplar especial dedicado a nanocarbones y sus aplicaciones (la convocatoria completa está adjunta en este mensaje). Los editores de este ejemplar estaríamos muy agradecidos de recibir vuestras contribuciones que pueden tratar, entre otros temas, de:

 

• Nanocarbonescon nuevas estructuras y propiedades.

• Nuevas estrategias sintéticas para obtener materiales o nanoestructuras híbridas.

• Estudios experimentales y teóricos de cinética de reacción de los mecanismos de crecimiento de nanocarbones.

• Fenómenos relacionados con efectos cuáticos o relacionados con el pequeño tamaño de los nanocarbones

• Nuevos instrumentos o métodos para caracterizar los materiales.

• Nanocarbones para aplicaciones en catálisis, almacenamiento de energía, química verde y nanotecnología.

• Temas relacionados con la salud y seguridad.

 

Adjunto la convocatoria completa más abajo, pero si tenéis alguna pregunta, no dudéis en poneros en contacto conmigo en mi dirección de correo electrónico (a.berenguer@ua.es).

 

Un cordial saludo,

 

Ángel Berenguer

 

Instituto de Materiales, Universidad de Alicante

 

Journal of Nanotechnology

Special Issue on Fullerene-Related Nanocarbons and Their Applications

Call for Papers

 

The discovery of the fullerene (C60) in 1985 has spurred the subsequent discoveries of a number of related novel forms of carbon found existing at the nanometer scale. These various nanocarbons are related one another in structure, providing an interesting spectrum of variants which display an array of unique properties, for very distinct applications.

From the vast amount of research that has been carried out over the last two decades, it is now apparent that some of these nanocarbons, notably, nanotubes, nanoparticles, and nanowires, possess unique properties, with the potential to add great value to industrial applications. It is expected that studies on these nanomaterials and related technologies will have huge impacts on the future nanotechnology and contribute significantly to economy and society. Since the research is at the crossroads between different technologies and disciplines involving materials science, chemistry, physics, engineering, and nanotechnology, its implementation will greatly benefit new, high-tech industries and also help the transformation of traditional carbon-based industries from a resource-intensive to a knowledge-intensive base. However, major challenges exist in the research area, which aremainly associated with providing answers to key questions such as how to control the novel nanostructures of the materials, how to produce them in commercial quantities and at relatively low cost, and how to apply them by specific requirements.

The main focus of this special issue will be on the nanocarbons of displaying fullerene-related nanostructures, which may cover nanoparticles, nanowires, nanosheets, nanotubes and fullerene-based nanopolymers. Reports and reviews are encouraged to demonstrate why the materials are fundamentally interesting in either structure or property, or practically important for applications. This special issue will serve as an international forum for researchers to communicate the most recent advances in relevant fields.

 

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

 

• Nanocarbons with novel structures and properties.

• New synthetic approaches to the materials and their hybrid nanostructures.

• Theoretical and experimental studies on the reaction kinetics for providing new insights into growth mechanisms.

• Phenomena related to quantum size effect or the low dimensionality of nanocarbons.

• New instruments or methods for characterising the materials.

• Nanocarbons for applications in catalysis, energy harvesting and storage, green chemistry, and nanotechnology.

• Nanocarbon-related health and safety studies.

 

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

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 Due July 15, 2011

First Round of Reviews October 15, 2011

Publication Date January 15, 2012

 

Lead Guest Editor

Junfeng Geng, Institute for Materials Research and Innovation, University of Bolton, Bolton, BL3 5AB, UK; j.geng@bolton.ac.uk

Guest Editors

Kun-ichi Miyazawa, Exploratory Nanotechnology Research Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan; miyazawa.kunichi@nims.go.jp

Zheng Hu, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China; zhenghu@nju.edu.cn

Ilia A. Solov’yov, 5215 Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 N. Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; ilia@illinois.edu