New achievements in the realm of nanoscience and innovative techniques of nanomedicine
have moved micro/nanoparticles (MNPs) to the point of becoming actually useful for …

Over the past century, hydrogels have emerged as effective materials for an immense variety
of applications. The unique network structure of hydrogels enables very high levels of …

Smart drug delivery systems (DDSs) have attracted the attention of many scientists, as
carriers that can be stimulated by changes in environmental parameters such as …

General principles and recent developments in the synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)
are reviewed. The “in situ” Turkevich-Frens and Brust-Schiffrin methods are still major …

This paper provides a third update to the review of reversible deactivation radical
polymerization (RDRP) achieved with thiocarbonylthio compounds (ZC (= S) SR) by a …

Abstract Poly (N-vinylcaprolactam)(PNVCL) is a temperature-responsive polymer, only
second to poly (N-isopropylacrylamide), the most popular temperature-responsive polymer …

The interest in using the polymer-coated gold nanoparticles (P-AuNPs) for various
biomedical applications, including the delivery of chemotherapeutic in cancer has been …

Nanoparticle assembly offers a versatile tool for constructing new structural materials with
emergent or collective properties beyond individual nanoparticles. The achievement of …

Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) and poly (N-vinylcaprolactam)(PVCL) are
temperature-responsive polymers which show a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) …

A thermo-responsive cellulose-based material (cellulose-g-PNIPAAm) was prepared by
grafting N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) onto bagasse pulp cellulose via Ce (IV)-initiated …