Anisotropy is an important and widely present characteristic of materials that provides
desired direction-dependent properties. In particular, the introduction of anisotropy into …

The surging growth of the pharmaceutical industry is a result of the rapidly increasing human
population, which has inevitably led to new biomedical and environmental issues. Aside …

Superlattices—a periodic stacking of two-dimensional layers of two or more materials—
provide a versatile scheme for engineering materials with tailored properties,. Here we …

Chemical methods developed over the past two decades enable preparation of colloidal
nanocrystals with uniform size and shape. These Brownian objects readily order into …

For decades, the antimicrobial applications of nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted the
attention of scientists as a strategy for controlling the ever‐increasing threat of multidrug …

Magnetic nanoparticles have received tremendous attention in diverse fields because of
their unique nanoscale physicochemical properties and the potential for a wide range of …

In the past two decades, the synthetic development of magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) has
been intensively explored for both fundamental scientific research and technological …

The current status of knowledge regarding the surfaces of the iron oxides, magnetite (Fe 3 O
4), maghemite (γ-Fe 2 O 3), haematite (α-Fe 2 O 3), and wüstite (Fe 1− x O) is reviewed. The …

Finally, we have addressed some relevant findings on the importance of having well-defined
synthetic strategies developed for the generation of MNPs, with a focus on particle formation …

The successful transition of any nanocrystal-based product from the research phase to the
commercial arena hinges on the ability to produce the required nanomaterial on large …