Metal ions are ubiquitous in nature and play significant roles in assembling functional
materials in fields spanning chemistry, biology, and materials science. Metal–phenolic …

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have aroused extraordinary
interest due to the unique physical and chemical properties. Combining UCNPs with other …

Phenolics are ubiquitous in nature and have gained immense research attention because of
their unique physiochemical properties and widespread industrial use. In recent decades …

Tannic acid (TA), a large polyphenolic molecule, has long been known for use in food
additives, antioxidants, bio-sorbents, animal feed and adhesives due to its intrinsic …

Heterostructure nanoparticles (NPs), constructed by two single‐component NPs with distinct
nature and multifunctional properties, have attracted intensive interest in the past few years …

Natural polyphenols have attracted great interests in medicine, food and cosmetics due to
their versatile functions such as antioxidant, anticancer and antibacterial. The polyphenolic …

In this work, a pH-responsive pesticide delivery system using mesoporous silica
nanoparticles (MSNs) as the porous carriers and coordination complexes of Cu ions and …

Bacterial and fungal pathogens forming oral biofilms present significant public health
challenges due to the failure of antimicrobial drugs. The ability of biofilms to lower pH levels …

The in-situ generation of therapeutic agents in targeted lesions is promising for
revolutionizing oncotherapy but is limited by the low production efficiency. Given the specific …

Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) show attractive anti-Stokes characteristics converting
lower-energy photons into higher-energy emissions. The excellent biocompatibility and …