Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest threats to the environment and health.
AMR rapidly invalidates conventional antibiotics, and antimicrobial nanomaterials have …

Facet-engineering and interface design can optimize physicochemical properties of
micro/nanomaterials at atomic level making them promising applications in a variety of fields …

Gold-based plasmonic nanocrystals have been extensively developed for noninvasive
photothermal therapy. In this study, gold nanorods (AuNRs) with (200) plane and gold …

Photogenerated charge transfer can be tuned by crystal face controlling and heterostructure
engineering. However, it is exceptionally challenging to understand the separation and …

Gold (Au) core@ void@ copper sulfide (CuS) shell (Au–CuS) yolk–shell nanoparticles
(YSNPs) were prepared in the present study for potential chemo-, photothermal, and …

The study of molecular recognition patterns is crucial for understanding the interactions
between inorganic (nano) particles and biomolecules. In this review we focus on hydroxyls …

Substantial production and wide applications of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) have
raised concerns over their potential influences on the environment and humans. However …

Simulated sunlight has promise as a light source able to alleviate the severe pain
associated with patients during photodynamic therapy (PDT); however, low sunlight …

The {101}–{001} surface heterojunction constructed on polyhedral titanium dioxide (TiO2)
nanocrystals has recently been proposed to be favorable for the efficient electron–hole …

Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) have promising plasmonic properties, however, they are
rarely used in biomedical applications because of their potent toxicity. Herein, an electron …