Employing combination therapy has become obligatory in cancer cases exhibiting high
tumor load, chemoresistant tumor population, and advanced disease stages. Realization of …

The synthesis of polymers is of academic value and technological implication and has been
developed as an important area of research over a long history. 1 The first reports about …

Conjugated polymers are intriguing materials that have potential practical applications in
diverse interdisciplinary subjects. Among them, polydiacetylenes (PDAs) have been …

The past decade has seen significant advances in the ability to fabricate new porous solids
with ordered structures from a wide range of different materials, with silica being the most …

Surfactant or polymer directed self-assembly has been widely investigated to prepare
nanostructured metal oxides, semiconductors, and polymers, but this approach is mostly …

Nacre (mother-of-pearl), made of inorganic and organic constituents (95 vol% aragonite
calcium carbonate (CaCO3) platelets and 5 vol% elastic biopolymers), possesses a unique …

Finding a synthetic pathway to artificial analogs of nacre and bones represents a
fundamental milestone in the development of composite materials. The ordered brick-and …

Materials found in nature combine many inspiring properties such as sophistication,
miniaturization, hierarchical organizations, hybridation, resistance and adaptability …

Rationally designed nanoparticles that can bind toxins show great promise for detoxification.
However, the conventional intravenous administration of nanoparticles for detoxification …

Load‐bearing soft tissues, eg, cartilage, ligaments, and blood vessels, are made
predominantly from water (65–90%) which is essential for nutrient transport to cells. Yet, they …