Two‐dimensional soft nanomaterials: a fascinating world of materials

X Zhuang, Y Mai, D Wu, F Zhang, X Feng - Advanced Materials, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of graphene has triggered great interest in two‐dimensional (2D)
nanomaterials for scientists in chemistry, physics, materials science, and related areas. In …

Particle shape: a new design parameter for micro-and nanoscale drug delivery carriers

JA Champion, YK Katare, S Mitragotri - Journal of controlled release, 2007 - Elsevier
Encapsulation of therapeutic agents in polymer particles has been successfully used in the
development of new drug carriers. A number of design parameters that govern the functional …

PEG-stabilized coaxial stacking of two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

T Zhou, L Wang, X Huang, J Unruangsri… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (2D COFs) featuring periodic frameworks,
extended π-conjugation and layered stacking structures, have emerged as a promising …

Threading chalcogenide layers with polymer chains

WW Xiong, J Miao, K Ye, Y Wang, B Liu… - Angewandte …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Inserting polymers into a crystalline inorganic matrix to understand the structure, position,
and the structure–property relationships of the resulting composites is important for …

Autonomous motors of a metal–organic framework powered by reorganization of self-assembled peptides at interfaces

Y Ikezoe, G Washino, T Uemura, S Kitagawa… - Nature materials, 2012 - nature.com
A variety of microsystems have been developed that harness energy and convert it to
mechanical motion. Here we have developed new autonomous biochemical motors by …

Designer biomaterials for nanomedicine

N Doshi, S Mitragotri - Advanced functional materials, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotechnology has had tremendous impact on medical science and has resulted in
phenomenal progress in the field of drug delivery and diagnostics. A wide spectrum of novel …

Nanoimprint lithography based fabrication of shape-specific, enzymatically-triggered smart nanoparticles

LC Glangchai, M Caldorera-Moore, L Shi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2008 - Elsevier
Our ability to precisely manipulate size, shape and composition of nanoscale carriers is
essential for controlling their in-vivo transport, bio-distribution and drug release mechanism …

Highly ordered alignment of a vinyl polymer by host–guest cross-polymerization

G Distefano, H Suzuki, M Tsujimoto, S Isoda… - Nature Chemistry, 2013 - nature.com
Chain alignment can significantly influence the macroscopic properties of a polymeric
material, but no general and versatile methodology has yet been reported to obtain highly …

Tubular micro/nanomachines: from the basics to recent advances

B Xu, B Zhang, L Wang, G Huang… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by the machines that have changed the world through their autonomous functions,
scientists have focused their attention on performing similar functions at the …

Radical polymerization of vinyl monomers in porous coordination polymers: nanochannel size effects on reactivity, molecular weight, and stereostructure

T Uemura, Y Ono, K Kitagawa, S Kitagawa - Macromolecules, 2008 - ACS Publications
Radical polymerization of vinyl monomers (styrene, methyl methacrylate, and vinyl acetate)
was performed in various nanochannels of porous coordination polymers (PCPs), where …