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Currently, nano/microparticles are widely used in various fields. Silver particles are one of the most vital of the various particles, due to their unique optical–physical–chemical properties. The developed materials have been proposed for use in various fields such as in biosensors, diagnostics, imaging, catalysts, solar cells, and as antibacterials. Their unique, size-dependent plasmonic properties render the particles superior in biomedical applications. This importance of silver materials led to the first edition of Silver Nano/Microparticles: Modification and Applications, which was successfully published last year with ten outstanding papers. This second edition of the Special Issue also provides original contributions detailing the synthesis, modification, and applications of silver materials. Eleven outstanding papers which describe examples of the most recent advances in silver nano/microparticles are included.

Technology: general issues --- antiviral property --- healthcare workers (HCWs) --- medical application --- microbicidal property --- silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) --- cytotoxicity --- silver nanoparticles --- Candida albicans --- poly(methyl methacrylate) --- dental prostheses --- ultrasensitive detection --- thiram --- internal standard --- gold–silver-alloy-embedded silica nanoparticles --- bamboo --- Ag/TiO2 nanocomposites --- self-sacrificing reduction --- antifungal activity --- cyclophanes --- resorcin[4]arenes --- calix[n]arenes --- thiacalix[n]arenes --- pillar[n]arenes --- self-assembly --- silver nanostructures --- silver islands film --- silver deposition --- metal enhanced luminescence --- silver nanowires --- nanomaterials --- biocompatibility --- AgNP --- peptide array --- biomineralization --- green synthesis --- SIF --- photosynthetic complexes --- biohybrid structures --- MEF --- healthcare workers --- hydroxyl radical --- microbicidal activity --- silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) --- ultraviolet (UV) irradiation --- histamine --- fish --- gold-silver alloy-embedded silica nanoparticles --- surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) --- reliable and sensitive detection --- n/a --- gold-silver-alloy-embedded silica nanoparticles

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Currently, nano/microparticles are widely used in various fields. Silver particles are one of the most vital of the various particles, due to their unique optical–physical–chemical properties. The developed materials have been proposed for use in various fields such as in biosensors, diagnostics, imaging, catalysts, solar cells, and as antibacterials. Their unique, size-dependent plasmonic properties render the particles superior in biomedical applications. This importance of silver materials led to the first edition of Silver Nano/Microparticles: Modification and Applications, which was successfully published last year with ten outstanding papers. This second edition of the Special Issue also provides original contributions detailing the synthesis, modification, and applications of silver materials. Eleven outstanding papers which describe examples of the most recent advances in silver nano/microparticles are included.

Technology: general issues --- antiviral property --- healthcare workers (HCWs) --- medical application --- microbicidal property --- silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) --- cytotoxicity --- silver nanoparticles --- Candida albicans --- poly(methyl methacrylate) --- dental prostheses --- ultrasensitive detection --- thiram --- internal standard --- gold-silver-alloy-embedded silica nanoparticles --- bamboo --- Ag/TiO2 nanocomposites --- self-sacrificing reduction --- antifungal activity --- cyclophanes --- resorcin[4]arenes --- calix[n]arenes --- thiacalix[n]arenes --- pillar[n]arenes --- self-assembly --- silver nanostructures --- silver islands film --- silver deposition --- metal enhanced luminescence --- silver nanowires --- nanomaterials --- biocompatibility --- AgNP --- peptide array --- biomineralization --- green synthesis --- SIF --- photosynthetic complexes --- biohybrid structures --- MEF --- healthcare workers --- hydroxyl radical --- microbicidal activity --- silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) --- ultraviolet (UV) irradiation --- histamine --- fish --- gold-silver alloy-embedded silica nanoparticles --- surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) --- reliable and sensitive detection

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The oil industry has, in the last decade, seen successful applications of nanotechnology in completion systems, completion fluids, drilling fluids, and in improvements of well constructions, equipment, and procedures. However, very few full field applications of nanoparticles as an additive to injection fluids for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) have been reported. Many types of chemical enhanced oil recovery methods have been used in fields all over the world for many decades and have resulted in higher recovery, but the projects have very often not been economic. Therefore, the oil industry is searching for a more efficient enhanced oil recovery method. Based on the success of nanotechnology in various areas of the oil industry, nanoparticles have been extensively studied as an additive in injection fluids for EOR. This book includes a selection of research articles on the use of nanoparticles for EOR application. The articles are discussing nanoparticles as additive in waterflooding and surfactant flooding, stability and wettability alteration ability of nanoparticles and nanoparticle stabilized foam for CO2-EOR. The book also includes articles on nanoparticles as an additive in biopolymer flooding and studies on the use of nanocellulose as a method to increase the viscosity of injection water. Mathematical models of the injection of nanoparticle-polymer solutions are also presented.

nanomaterials --- pore throat size distribution --- mercury injection capillary pressure --- interfacial tension --- contact angle --- enhanced oil recovery --- surfactant --- nanoparticle --- chemical flooding --- nanocellulose --- cellulose nanocrystals --- TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibrils --- microfluidics --- biopolymer --- silica nanoparticles --- nanoparticle stability --- reservoir condition --- reservoir rock --- crude oil --- nanoparticle agglomeration --- polymer flooding --- formation rheological characteristics --- polymer concentration --- recovery factor --- mathematical model --- nanoparticles --- foam --- CO2 EOR --- CO2 mobility control --- nanotechnology for EOR --- nanoparticles stability --- polymer-coated nanoparticles --- core flood --- EOR --- wettability alteration --- nanoparticle-stabilized emulsion and flow diversion --- n/a

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Nanovesicles are highly-promising systems for the delivery and/or targeting of drugs, biomolecules and contrast agents. Despite the fact that initial studies in this area were performed on phospholipid vesicles, there is an ever-increasing interest in the use of other molecules to obtain smart vesicular carriers focusing on strategies for targeted delivery. These systems can be obtained using newly synthesized smart molecules, or by intelligent design of opportune carriers to achieve specific delivery to the site of action. The drug/contrast agent-containing vesicles need to be directed to precise locations within the body to obtain desired magnitude and duration of the therapeutic or diagnostic effect. This spatial control in the delivery might open new avenues to modulate drug activity while avoiding side-effects and to optimize contrast agent properties while avoiding a broad distribution in the organism. However, delivering and targeting active substances into specific tissues and cells is still a challenge in designing novel therapeutic approaches against untreatable disorders, such as tumors and degenerative diseases.

n/a --- protein corona --- buspirone --- drug delivery --- Plectranthus ecklonii --- antiproliferative activity --- pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma --- tetraethyl orthosilicate --- cancer therapy --- nanoparticles --- cationic liposomes --- Ibuprofen --- SBA-15 --- gastrointestinal stability --- mesoporous silica nanoparticles --- Parvifloron D --- anti-tumor drugs --- liposomes --- gingiva mesenchymal stromal cells --- soy lecithin liposomes --- MCM-41 --- lipophilic compound --- multifunctional liposomes --- caryophyllene sesquiterpene --- drug loading --- lamellarity --- hCMEC/D3 cells --- gold shell --- magnetic/plasmonic nanoparticles --- pH-sensitive niosomes --- hot flushes --- nasal delivery system --- andrographolide --- brain delivery --- pancreatic cancer --- Pain --- exosomes --- NSAIDs --- freeze-drying --- manganese ferrite --- surfactant --- cytotoxicity --- paclitaxel --- ovariectomized rat --- PAMPA --- uptake and safety --- nanovesicular nasal carrier --- Stober’s synthesis --- Analgesia --- protocells --- nanocochleates --- squamous cell carcinoma --- Stober's synthesis

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High-performance or hi-tech textiles represent the keystone of the present and the future for all industrial sectors, which require lightening, flexibility, and the high mechanical resistance as well as thermal stability of the materials. As described within this Special Issue, the applications of these advanced systems are innovative and also highly technological: from water-repellent to stain-resistant fabrics, from being flame-resistant to antibacterial/antifouling, from being insulating to conductive, and from environmental protection systems to smart textiles. High-performance textiles also meet all of the actual requirements of sustainability and environmental protection of modern industry.

3-D honeycomb woven fabric --- CB/CIP --- mechanical property --- EM wave-absorbing property --- soybean oil --- glycerol --- nonthermal plasma --- para-aramid textiles --- cationic dye --- selenium nanoparticles --- polypropylene --- coloration --- antibacterial --- conductivity --- UV protection --- metamaterials --- high-performance textiles --- wearable antenna --- textile antennas --- polymer --- cotton/lycra composites --- silica nanoparticles --- antibacterial activity --- self-cleaning --- aramid fibers --- surface modification --- adhesion --- interphase --- interfacial shear strength --- flexography --- e-textiles --- wearables --- printed-electronics --- textiles --- electronic textiles --- Ag/TiO2 --- nanocomposite --- photocatalysis --- viscose fibers --- leather --- sonochemical --- toxicity --- footwear --- multifunctional finishing --- wool fabrics --- UV-blocking properties --- antimicrobial activity --- para-aramid --- ambient air --- acrylic acid --- acrylated epoxidized soybean oil --- metasurface --- high performance textiles