Dear Colleagues,

High-surface area materials have crucial significance in all processes that rely on interface phenomena, as the yield and intensification of these processes directly depend on the extent of surface available for interaction and/or reaction. These may include adsorption, separation/barrier, catalysis, or storage/release processes, both in solid-liquid and solid-gas systems, and they play a key role in several sectors of technological development such as energy, electronics, sensors, environment, health, and manufacturing industries.

An increase in surface area can be achieved either by reducing the size of particles or by creating extensive porosity in bulk materials. Nanotechnology represents a huge step forward in both of these methods. Nanomaterials, in the form of nanoparticles, nanofibers, 2D nanostructures, or 3D porous nanostructures, present an increased surface-to-volume ratio. Examples of these nanomaterials include quantum dots, graphene, carbon nanotubes, mesoporous silicas, and bioactive glasses, zeolites, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and aerogels, among others.

The unique properties of these materials are well recognized, but their wide use in scaled-up applications is still very limited in some cases. Thus, this is a topic worthy of development. To this end, this Special Issue aims to gather cutting-edge works related to the synthesis, development, and testing of high-surface-area advanced materials, which can inspire researchers in industry and academia to contribute toward the design of novel materials or improved materials for diverse applications.

This Special Issue is an initiative of the Junior Euromat 2022 (https://junioreuromat.org/), an event that will contribute to the formation and the development of the skills of young materials scientists and engineers in Europe and will promote close contact between science and industry.

Dr. Luísa Durães
Prof. Dr. Aldo R. R. Boccaccini
Dr. Ilka Kriegel
Guest Editors

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• surface area
• nanomaterials
• nanostructured materials
• porous materials
• surface-dependent applications