Nanocarbon Materials for Virus Reduction and Detection

A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Processes".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 544

Special Issue Editors

Mendelova univerzita v Brne, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brno, Czech Republic
Interests: nanomaterials; carbon nanomaterials; nanocomposites; material characterization; materials for biomedical and environmental applications
1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
2. Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 123, CZ-612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Interests: nanomaterial synthesis and characterization; archaeometry; corrosion; alloys
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

By combining nanotechnology with biotechnology, nanomaterials that possess unique physicochemical properties have shown outstanding advantages in the field of medicine. In recent years, carbon-based nanomaterials have attracted increasing attention because of their good biocompatibility and excellent physicochemical characteristics. Carbon-based nanomaterials—for instance, graphene, graphene oxide, carbon dots, carbon nanotubes, and fullerenes—have been proven to have a strong antiviral activity. Nanocomposites consisting of carbon-based nanomaterials decorated with metal nanoparticles push forward the properties of carbon-based nanomaterials themselves in the field of reduction, as well as in the detection of viruses. At present, the biggest issue for mankind is coronavirus; however, influenza, HIV, and other viruses pose long-term problems that are still the cause of many deaths around the world and, as a public health issue, these cannot yet be considered as over. As influenza and SARS-CoV-2 spread rapidly via air transmission, and with some instances of infection being fatal to humans, early and accurate diagnosis is crucial for proper medical treatment and prevention of further infections. The conventional diagnostic techniques for viruses are widely used for clinical diagnosis; they need time-consuming sample preparation, expensive reagents and equipment, and trained personnel. Due to these outstanding properties, carbon-based nanomaterials have been used in the fabrication of several point-of-care devices for the rapid detection of viruses.

This Special Issue on "Nanocarbon Materials for Virus Reduction and Detection" will gather high-quality works related to the carbon-based nanomaterials with antiviral properties for virus protection and the use of these nanomaterials in fabrication devices for virus detection.

Dr. Zuzana Bytesnikova
Dr. Lukáš Richtera
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • carbon
  • graphene
  • graphene oxide
  • nanotubes
  • fullerenes
  • carbon quantum dots
  • nanomaterials
  • virus
  • influenza
  • HIV
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • coronavirus
  • Dengue virus
  • detection
  • antiviral activity
  • disinfection
  • filtration
  • virus reduction
  • biosensor
  • nanocomposites

Published Papers

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