Self-assembly of organic nanomaterials and biomaterials: The bottom-up approach for functional nanostructures formation and advanced applications

D Lombardo, P Calandra, L Pasqua, S Magazù - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we survey recent advances in the self-assembly processes of novel functional
platforms for nanomaterials and biomaterials applications. We provide an organized …

Nanomaterial processing using self-assembly-bottom-up chemical and biological approaches

R Thiruvengadathan, V Korampally… - Reports on Progress …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanotechnology is touted as the next logical sequence in technological evolution. This has
led to a substantial surge in research activities pertaining to the development and …

Supramolecular self-assemblies as functional nanomaterials

E Busseron, Y Ruff, E Moulin, N Giuseppone - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we survey the diversity of structures and functions which are encountered in
advanced self-assembled nanomaterials. We highlight their flourishing implementations in …

Self‐assembly in nature: using the principles of nature to create complex nanobiomaterials

AC Mendes, ET Baran, RL Reis… - Wiley interdisciplinary …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembly is a ubiquitous process in biology where it plays numerous important roles
and underlies the formation of a wide variety of complex biological structures. Over the past …

Multifunctional nanoparticles self‐assembled from small organic building blocks for biomedicine

P Xing, Y Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular self‐assembly shows significant potential to construct responsive materials.
By tailoring the structural parameters of organic building blocks, nanosystems can be …

Nanoscale self-assembly for therapeutic delivery

S Yadav, AK Sharma, P Kumar - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Self-assembly is the process of association of individual units of a material into highly
arranged/ordered structures/patterns. It imparts unique properties to both inorganic and …

Supramolecular chemical biology; bioactive synthetic self-assemblies

K Petkau-Milroy, L Brunsveld - Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The regulation of recognition events in nature via dynamic and reversible self-assembly of
building blocks has inspired the emergence of supramolecular architectures with similar …

Controlling the self-assembly of biomolecules into functional nanomaterials through internal interactions and external stimulations: A review

L Wang, C Gong, X Yuan, G Wei - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Biomolecular self-assembly provides a facile way to synthesize functional nanomaterials.
Due to the unique structure and functions of biomolecules, the created biological …

Synthetic self‐assembled materials in biological environments

F Versluis, JH van Esch, R Eelkema - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic self‐assembly has long been recognized as an excellent approach for the
formation of ordered structures on the nanoscale. Although the development of synthetic self …

Nanoscale self-assembly: concepts, applications and challenges

EV Amadi, A Venkataraman, C Papadopoulos - Nanotechnology, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Self-assembly offers unique possibilities for fabricating nanostructures, with different
morphologies and properties, typically from vapour or liquid phase precursors. Molecular …