Surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has become a mature vibrational
spectroscopic technique during the last decades and the number of applications in the …

In the past decade, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) have attracted more and more
attention for their potential biomedical applications. With their tailored mesoporous structure …

In this perspective we discuss the roles of hot spots in surface-enhanced Raman
spectroscopy (SERS). After giving background and defining the hot spot, we evaluate a …

Yolk/shell or 'rattle-typed'nanomaterials with nanoparticle cores inside hollow shells are
interesting among the complex hollow nanostructures. Yolk/shell nanoparticles (YSNs) are …

Research on hybrid inorganic‐organic materials has experienced an explosive growth since
the 1980s, with the expansion of soft inorganic chemistry based processes. Indeed, mild …

This chapter presents a systematic categorization of the functionalities of silica shells in the
context of their application fields. It provides a brief overview of the established synthesis …

A novel “structural difference-based selective etching” strategy has been developed to
fabricate hollow/rattle-type mesoporous nanostructures, which was achieved by making use …

A potential platform for simultaneous anticancer drug delivery and MRI cell imaging has
been demonstrated by uniform hollow inorganic core/shell structured multifunctional …

We demonstrate that the silica shell on nanoparticles formed by a typical Stöber method is
inhomogeneous in nature. The outer layer of the shell is chemically more robust than the …

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) with colloidal stability have attracted increasing
interest because of their important properties, such as high transparency and cell uptake …