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Current Applications of Nanoparticles

Guest Editor

Kazushige Yokoyama

The State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo College, Department of Chemistry

<p>Dr. Kazushige Yokoyama earned his BS/MS in Physical Chemistry from Kobe University, Japan, and PhD in Chemical Physics from the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) and was a faculty member at Jackson State University (Jackson, Mississippi, USA) from 1998 to 2001. He then moved to the Chemistry Department of The State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo College (Geneseo, NY, USA), where he is currently a Professor of Chemistry. His research interest is to characterize oligomer formation in fibrillogenesis, which is associated with neurodegenerative diseases, using nano-gold colloids’ surface potential. Another focus is a protein corona formation over a nano-particle surface using the SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering) imaging method. The aggregation process of gold colloids has been investigated on several proteins, including amyloid beta, alpha-synuclein, beta two microglobulin, and spike protein of SARS-CoV-2. He has been on the editorial board of Annals of Applied Sciences, AIMS Biophysics (AIMS Press), The International Journal of Biocomputing and NanoTechnology (Bohr Publishing), and Current Research in Materials Chemistry (Gexin Publications). He has served as guest editor in a special issue of “Protein Folding or Molecular Self-Assembly Over Nanoscale Surface” of AIMS Biophysics (AIMS Press) and “The Study of Adsorption to the Surfaces” in “Surfaces” (MDPI).</p>

Collection Overview

The use of nanoparticles in the investigation of biological materials is a rapidly advancing field, offering significant improvements in the sensitivity, specificity, and resolution of biological assays and imaging techniques. This Methods Collection will include the following:

Experimental Investigations and Computational Simulations: We seek studies utilizing nanoparticles or nanomaterials to investigate critical scientific phenomena. This includes, but is not limited to, biomedicine, cell biology, virology, genetics, and immunology. Examples include investigations related to neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, or viral infections.
Innovation and Improvement in Bio-Nanomaterials: This includes new approaches, discoveries, and advancements in designing bio-nanomaterials, providing insights or steps toward resolving controversial scientific concepts in the abovementioned fields. Nanoparticle-related methodologies that offer unexplored applications, confirm hypotheses, or explore new avenues are also welcome.

Advanced Methodologies and Instrumentations: This includes current methodologies, instruments, systems, approaches, and theories advancing nanotechnology and the capabilities of nanomaterials applied to life sciences.