Discovery of graphene and its astonishing properties have given birth to a new class of
materials known as “2D materials”. Motivated by the success of graphene, alternative …

Design and synthesis of efficient drug delivery systems are of vital importance for medicine
and healthcare. Materials innovation and nanotechnology have synergistically fueled the …

Bio-mechanical hybrids are an emerging class of engineered composite soft materials with
the ability to move and reconfigure their structure and properties in response to external …

Hybrid materials, or hybrids incorporating both organic and inorganic constituents, are
emerging as a very potent and promising class of materials due to the diverse, but …

Review of basic principles and recent developments in the area of stimuli responsive
polymeric capsules and nanoshells formed via layer-by-layer (LbL) is presented. The most …

Layer-by-layer (LbL) was first introduced as a surface modification technique based on the
sequential spontaneous adsorption of at least two distinct materials onto planar substrates …

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) have achieved clinical success in delivering small interfering
RNAs (siRNAs) for targeted gene therapy. However, endosomal escape of siRNA into the …

Simply smaller: Sub-micron vaterite particles (see picture) were synthesized modifying the
crystal growth parameters. Their porous structure allows the loading and storage of various …

Ever since their invention in 1998, polyelectrolyte multilayer micro-and nano-capsules have
impacted various areas of biology, chemistry and physics. Here we highlight progress …

Polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) films and particularly hollow capsules composed of PEM
shells have gained significant interest since their introduction. Their compositional versatility …