Engineering of smart photoactivated nanomaterials for targeted drug delivery systems (DDS)
has recently attracted considerable research interest as light enables precise and accurate …

Thorough understanding of how to control cell behaviors including cell adhesion,
orientation, migration and differentiation on an artificial surface is critical in materials and life …

The conjugation of synthetic polymers with various biomolecules provides an easy access to
biohybrid materials which combine advantages from both the synthetic world and Nature …

Dip-pen nanolithography (DPN) is a nanofabrication technique that can be used to directly
write molecular patterns on substrates with high resolution and registration. Over the past …

Surface-grafting polymer brushes (SPB), which are used in a versatile technique to easily
realize surface modifications, can be commonly used to change the inherent surface …

Dip‐pen nanolithography (DPN) is a unique nanofabrication tool that can directly write a
variety of molecular patterns on a surface with high resolution and excellent registration …

Polymer brush patterns have a central role in established and emerging research
disciplines, from microarrays and smart surfaces to tissue engineering. The properties of …

Mechanical responsiveness is prevalent in biological systems and plays an essential role in
many biomechanical processes. The past two decades have witnessed enormous effort …

Adhesive materials are natural or synthetic polymers with the ability to adhere to the surface
of luminal mucus or epithelial cells. They are widely used in the biomedical field due to their …

In tissue engineering, it is imperative to control the behaviour of cells/stem cells, such as
adhesion, proliferation, propagation, motility, and differentiation for tissue regeneration …