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In the last two decades, nanogels have emerged as very promising and versatile biomaterials suitable for a wide range of applications. Their features, such as large surface areas, the ability to hold molecules, flexibility in their size and their water-based formulations, have earned them great recognition as drug delivery systems for various in vivo applications, confirming their potential. On the other hand, because of their tuneable and versatile characteristics, nanogels have been investigated in recent years for applications in various fields other than biomedicine. In view of this variety of possible applications of nanogels, in this Special Issue, we extend our knowledge on the topic of their possible uses described in literature, taking stock of the state-of-the-art for all possible nanogel applications and their synthesis methods.

Nanogels. --- Hydrogel particles --- Particles, Hydrogel --- Colloids --- Nanostructured materials

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This volume provides expert coverage of the state-of-the-art in sol-gel materials for functional applications in energy, environment and electronics. The use of sol-gel technology has become a hotbed for cutting edge developments in many fields due to the accessibility of advanced materials through low energy processes. The book offers a broad view of this growing research area from basic science through high-level applications with the potential for commercialization and industrial use. Taking an integrated approach, expert chapters present a wide range of topics, from photocatalysts, solar cells and optics, to thin films and materials for energy storage and conversion, demonstrating the combined use of chemistry, physics, materials science and engineering in the search for solutions to some of the most challenging problems of our time. Offers a complete reference for sol-gel materials for functional applications Provides detailed coverage of a growing field Presents a wide range of applications, from photovoltaics and battery materials through coatings, materials for waste water treatment, microelectronics and ferroelectrics Represents essential reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, Ph.D. researchers, postdocs and academic and industry researchers working in the areas of materials science, engineering, chemistry and nanotechnology.

Materials science. --- Energy storage. --- Inorganic chemistry. --- Sustainable development. --- Optical materials. --- Electronic materials. --- Ceramics. --- Glass. --- Composites (Materials). --- Composite materials. --- Materials Science. --- Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials. --- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. --- Energy Storage. --- Sustainable Development. --- Optical and Electronic Materials. --- Inorganic Chemistry. --- Nanogels. --- Polymer colloids. --- Polymer gels --- Hydrogel particles --- Particles, Hydrogel --- Colloids --- Polymers --- Nanostructured materials --- Chemistry, inorganic. --- Inorganic chemistry --- Chemistry --- Inorganic compounds --- Optics --- Materials --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Environmental aspects --- Lasers. --- Photonics. --- Electronic materials --- Storage of energy --- Force and energy --- Power (Mechanics) --- Flywheels --- Pulsed power systems --- New optics --- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation --- Masers, Optical --- Optical masers --- Light amplifiers --- Light sources --- Optoelectronic devices --- Nonlinear optics --- Optical parametric oscillators --- Composites (Materials) --- Multiphase materials --- Reinforced solids --- Solids, Reinforced --- Two phase materials --- Amorphous substances --- Ceramics --- Glazing --- Ceramic technology --- Industrial ceramics --- Keramics --- Building materials --- Chemistry, Technical --- Clay