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Opportunities for Nanomaterials to Address the Challenges of COVID‐19

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2023) | Viewed by 2803

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Paola Italiani

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Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology - National Research Council of Italy, Via Pietro Castellino n.111, 80131 Napoli, Italy
Interests: innate immunity; Inflammation; nanosafety; monocytes/macrophages
Dr. Anna Chiara De Luca

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Institute of Endocrinology and Experimental Oncology “G. Salvatore” - National Research Council of Italy, Via Pietro Castellino n.111, 80131 Napoli, Italy
Interests: biophotonics; Raman spectroscopy; SERS; imaging; plasmonics; optical biosensors; nanotechnology; nanophotonics
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to submit an original research manuscript to this Special Issue of Materials, entitled “Opportunities for Nanomaterials to Address the Challenges of COVID‐19”.

This Special Issue aims to investigate the role of nanomaterials in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of viral diseases including COVID-19.

We invite scientists to contribute original research articles and literature reviews that provide insights into nano-based formulations that can improve the target delivery and therapeutic efficacy of antiviral drugs. Moreover, we are particularly interested in contributions on nano-based biosensors that can be used in diagnostics for viral infections with high specificity and sensitivity, and the new generation of vaccines based on different types of nanomaterials, with improved antigen stability, target delivery and controlled-release. Finally, the use of nanoparticle-based markers can be proposed to enable the study of the mechanism by which viruses infect host cells.

Potential topics of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Nanomaterials for target delivery of antiviral drugs;
  • Nano-Carriers and nano-drug delivery systems with potential to control viral infection;
  • Nanosensors for virus detection and disease diagnosis;
  • Nanomaterials for viral vaccines;
  • Nanoparticles design for virus inhibition;
  • Nanoparticles for the study of the mechanisms by which viruses infect host cells.

Dr. Paola Italiani
Dr. Anna Chiara De Luca
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • nanomaterials for target delivery
  • nanosensors
  • drug delivery
  • nanomaterials for vaccines
  • nanoparticles for virus inhibition

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Forecasting the Post-Pandemic Effects of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus Using the Bullwhip Phenomenon Alongside Use of Nanosensors for Disease Containment and Cure
by Mohammed S. Alqahtani, Mohamed Abbas, Mohammed Abdulmuqeet, Abdullah S. Alqahtani, Mohammad Y. Alshahrani, Abdullah Alsabaani and Murugan Ramalingam
Materials 2022, 15(14), 5078; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma15145078 - 21 Jul 2022
Cited by 2 | Viewed by 2165
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The COVID-19 pandemic has the tendency to affect various organizational paradigm alterations, which civilization hasyet to fully comprehend. Personal to professional, individual to corporate, and across most industries, the spectrum of transformations is vast. Economically, the globe has never been more intertwined, and [...] Read more.
The COVID-19 pandemic has the tendency to affect various organizational paradigm alterations, which civilization hasyet to fully comprehend. Personal to professional, individual to corporate, and across most industries, the spectrum of transformations is vast. Economically, the globe has never been more intertwined, and it has never been subjected to such widespread disruption. While many people have felt and acknowledged the pandemic’s short-term repercussions, the resultant paradigm alterations will certainly have long-term consequences with an unknown range and severity. This review paper aims at acknowledging various approaches for the prevention, detection, and diagnosis of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using nanomaterials as a base material. A nanostructure is a material classification based on dimensionality, in proportion to the characteristic diameter and surface area. Nanoparticles, quantum dots, nanowires (NW), carbon nanotubes (CNT), thin films, and nanocomposites are some examples of various dimensions, each acting as a single unit, in terms of transport capacities. Top-down and bottom-up techniques are used to fabricate nanomaterials. The large surface-to-volume ratio of nanomaterials allows one to create extremely sensitive charge or field sensors (electrical sensors, chemical sensors, explosives detection, optical sensors, and gas sensing applications). Nanowires have potential applications in information and communication technologies, low-energy lightning, and medical sensors. Carbon nanotubes have the best environmental stability, electrical characteristics, and surface-to-volume ratio of any nanomaterial, making them ideal for bio-sensing applications. Traditional commercially available techniques have focused on clinical manifestations, as well as molecular and serological detection equipment that can identify the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Scientists are expressing a lot of interest in developing a portable and easy-to-use COVID-19 detection tool. Several unique methodologies and approaches are being investigated as feasible advanced systems capable of meeting the demands. This review article attempts to emphasize the pandemic’s aftereffects, utilising the notion of the bullwhip phenomenon’s short-term and long-term effects, and it specifies the use of nanomaterials and nanosensors for detection, prevention, diagnosis, and therapy in connection to the SARS-CoV-2. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Opportunities for Nanomaterials to Address the Challenges of COVID‐19)
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