Hydrogel nanoparticles have gained considerable attention in recent years as one of the
most promising nanoparticulate drug delivery systems owing to their unique potentials via …

This review aims at highlighting on recent developments in preparation, characterization,
properties, crystallization behaviors, melt rheology, processing, and future applications …

Organic-inorganic hybrids appear as a creative alternative for obtaining new materials with
unusual features. This is related to their diphasic structures, leading to multifunctional …

Mucosal delivery of complex molecules such as peptides, proteins, oligonucleotides, and
plasmids is one of the most intensively studied subjects. The use of colloidal carriers made …

Chitosan, a natural-based polymer obtained by alkaline deacetylation of chitin, is nontoxic,
biocompatible, and biodegradable. These properties make chitosan a good candidate for …

Since their discovery [Ijima, 1991, Nature, 354, 56], carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been
widely studied due to their large potential applications. First produced in arc-discharge …

Recent developments in inorganic materials chemistry suggest that concepts such as
morphogenesis, replication, self-organization and metamorphosis could be useful for …

Organic/inorganic hybrid materials prepared by the sol–gel approach have rapidly become
a fascinating new field of research in materials science. The explosion of activity in this area …

A RICH variety of elaborate microscopic skeletal structures composed of inorganic materials
are produced in nature1. Such complex, three-dimensional structures, if produced …

Bionanocomposites are a novel class of nanosized materials. They contain the constituent of
biological origin and particles with at least one dimension in the range of 1–100 nm. There …