A special section on nanodiamonds for biomedical applications

The past years have seen an explosive growth of research activities in the field of nanodiamond technology, propelled by the belief that the class of nanostructured C-sp3 materials represents a new approach able to revolutionise many industrial sectors and everyday life. Presently the rate of activity in this field shows no sign of slowing down, as is evident from the outstanding researches published each week on the best-reputed international scientific journals. We are now publishing a special section of Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology covering several aspects of nanodiamond (ND) applications in biomedical and other bio-related fields. Many experts have been invited to participate, to give a rather comprehensive view of today situation and of foreseen evolution. The special section has been organized in such a way to incorporate several different aspects regarding the use of nanodiamonds in bio-related applications. Because of the wide proliferation of information relative to biologically functional nanodiamonds, it was felt that a review summarizing the key points of this research area would be useful.