Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Sciences, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain;Ana Maria Diez-Pascual graduated in Chemistry in 2001 (awarded Extraordinary Prize) at the Complutense University (Madrid, Spain), where she completed her Ph.D. (2002–2005) on dynamic and equilibrium properties of fluid interfaces under the supervision of Prof. Rubio. In 2005, she worked at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Germany) with Prof. Miller on the rheological characterization of water-soluble polymers. During 2006–2008, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Physical Chemistry Institute of the RWTH-Aachen University (Germany), where she worked on the layer-by-layer assembly of polyelectrolyte multilayers onto thermoresponsive microgels. Then, she moved to the Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (Madrid, Spain) and participated in a Canada–Spain joint project to develop carbon nanotube (CNT)-reinforced epoxy and polyetheretherketone composites for transport applications. Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher at Alcala University (Madrid, Spain) focused on the development of polymer/nanofiller systems for biomedical applications. She has published over 100 SCI articles (97% in Q1 journals). She has an H-index of 41 and more than 3500 total citations. She has published 21 book chapters, 2 monographies, and edited 3 books, and is the first author of an international patent. She has been invited to impart seminars at prestigious international research centers (i.e., Max Planck in Germany, NRC in Canada, School of Materials in Manchester, U.K.). She was awarded the TR35 2012 prize by the Massachusetts Technological Institute (MIT) for her innovative work in the field of nanotechnology.

University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy;Antonio Di Bartolomeo is professor of experimental condensed matter physics at Salerno University, Italy where he teaches semiconductor device physics, electric circuits, and electronics. His present research interests include: optical and electrical properties of nanostructured materials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, and 2D materials; van der Waals heterojunctions of layered materials and Schottky heterojunctions; and field-effect transistors, non-volatile memories, solar cells, photodetectors, and field emission devices. He received his Ph.D. in physics in 1997 from Salerno University where he held the position of researcher in experimental physics before the appointment as a professor. His scientific career started at CERN (CH) with the collaboration on experiments on neutrino oscillations and heavy ion collisions. He spent several years in the industry as a semiconductor device engineer (ST Microelectronics, Infineon Technologies, and Intel Corporation) and was guest scientist at IHP-Microelectronics (Germany) and Georgetown University (Washington, DC). He has authored more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals, two physics textbooks, and two patents, and has served as an Editorial Board member of several journals including Nanomaterials, by MDPI, Nanotechnology by IOP, and Micro & Nano Letters by IET.

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China;Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA;Dr. Guanying Chen is a professor at School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) since 2013. He also serves as a research faculty at the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics (ILPB), SUNY Buffalo since 2011. His research interests focus on lanthanide-doped materials, upconversion, nanocrystals and crystals, biophotonics, and nanostructured solar cells. He has published more than 90 peer-reviewed papers in journals such as Chem. Rev., Chem. Soc. Rev., Acc. Chem. Res., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Mater., ACS Nano, etc. He has an H index of 37 and more than 6400 total citations. He received the Top-Notch Young Investigator Award from the Department of the Central Committee of China in 2015, Top 100 National Excellent PhD Dissertation Nomination Award of China in 2011, and the Distinguished Young Investigator Career Award of HIT in 2015. He sits on editorial board for several journals including Scientific Reports (IF=4.3), Nanomaterials (IF=3.6), and Crystal (IF=1.6), and served as guest editor for Theranostics (IF=8.8).