Microcapsules are reviewed with special emphasis on the relevance of controlled
mechanical properties for functional aspects. At first, assembly strategies are presented that …

Porous CaCO 3 vaterite microparticles have been introduced a decade ago as sacrificial
cores and becoming nowadays as one of the most popular templates to encapsulate …

The physico‐chemical properties of colloidal particles determine their uptake into cells. For a
series of microparticles only one parameter, the mechanical stiffness, was varied, whereas …

Particle stiffness is emerging as an important parameter in determining the cell uptake
dynamics of particles. Understanding the effects of capsule stiffness on their biological …

Transferring the layer-by-layer (LbL) coating approach from planar surfaces to spherical
templates and subsequently dissolving these templates leads to the fabrication of …

Background Recent reports highlighting the role of particle geometry have suggested that
anisotropy can affect the rate and the pathway of particle uptake by cells. Therefore, we …

Given its detrimental consequences, biofouling is a central problem in industrial applications
that affects submerged artificial abiotic surfaces. For instance, it shortens the service life of …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has evolved from the originally morphological imaging
technique to a powerful and multifunctional technique for manipulating and detecting the …

There are many reports about the interaction of multilayer capsules with biological systems
in the literature. A majority of them are devoted to the in vitro study with two-dimensional cell …

Nanocapsules that can be tailored intelligently and specifically have drawn considerable
attention in the fields of drug delivery and bioimaging. Here we conduct a theoretical study …