High‐aspect‐ratio nanostructured surfaces as biological metamaterials

SG Higgins, M Becce… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Materials patterned with high‐aspect‐ratio nanostructures have features on similar length
scales to cellular components. These surfaces are an extreme topography on the cellular …

Bioinspired stimuli‐responsive color‐changing systems

G Isapour, M Lattuada - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive colors are a unique characteristic of certain animals, evolved as either a
method to hide from enemies and prey or to communicate their presence to rivals or mates …

Tutorial: using nanoneedles for intracellular delivery

C Chiappini, Y Chen, S Aslanoglou, A Mariano… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Intracellular delivery of advanced therapeutics, including biologicals and supramolecular
agents, is complex because of the natural biological barriers that have evolved to protect the …

Poly-N-isopropylacrylamide Nanogels and Microgels at Fluid Interfaces

M Rey, MA Fernandez-Rodriguez, M Karg… - Accounts of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The confinement of colloidal particles at liquid interfaces offers many
opportunities for materials design. Adsorption is driven by a reduction of the total free energy …

Large-scale synthesis of highly uniform silicon nanowire arrays using metal-assisted chemical etching

FJ Wendisch, M Rey, N Vogel… - Chemistry of Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
The combination of metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) with colloidal lithography has
emerged as a simple and cost-effective approach to nanostructure silicon. It is especially …

Microgels at interfaces, from mickering emulsions to flat interfaces and back

MA Fernandez-Rodriguez, A Martin-Molina… - Advances in colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this review, we cover the topic of p (NIPAM) based microgels at interfaces, revisiting
classical studies in light of the newest ones. In particular, we focus on their use as …

Advances in porous silicon–based nanomaterials for diagnostic and therapeutic applications

T Tieu, M Alba, R Elnathan… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This review provides a perspective on porous silicon (pSi)–based nanomaterials including
nanoparticles, nanowires, and thin films, that are currently being used in advanced therapy …

Electroactive nanoinjection platform for intracellular delivery and gene silencing

AR Shokouhi, Y Chen, HZ Yoh, T Murayama… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Nanoinjection—the process of intracellular delivery using vertically configured
nanostructures—is a physical route that efficiently negotiates the plasma membrane, with …

Defined core–shell particles as the key to complex interfacial self-assembly

J Menath, J Eatson, R Brilmayer… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The two-dimensional self-assembly of colloidal particles serves as a model system for
fundamental studies of structure formation and as a powerful tool to fabricate functional …

Microgels adsorbed at liquid–liquid interfaces: A joint numerical and experimental study

F Camerin, MA Fernández-Rodríguez, L Rovigatti… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Soft particles display highly versatile properties with respect to hard colloids and even more
so at fluid–fluid interfaces. In particular, microgels, consisting of a cross-linked polymer …