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

With the thriving of mussel-inspired polyphenol chemistry as well as the demand for low-cost
analogues to polydopamine in adhesive design, tannic acid has gradually become a …

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

The scarcity of clean water has become a global environmental problem which constrains
the development of public health, economy, and sustainability. In recent years, natural …

Owing to their immense potential in energy conversion and storage, catalysis,
photocatalysis, adsorption, separation and life science applications, significant interest has …

Fabrication of environmental-friendly, low-cost, and free-standing superhydrophobic
nanofibrous membranes with additional functionalities such as self-cleaning and UV …

Phenolic materials have long been known for their use in inks, wood coatings, and leather
tanning. However, there has recently been a renewed interest in engineering advanced …

Soft structures in nature, such as supercoiled DNA and proteins, can organize into complex
hierarchical architectures through multiple noncovalent molecular interactions. Identifying …

Polyphenols, the ubiquitous secondary metabolites of plants, are an important part of human
diet and are essential for plant functions. They have attracted considerable interest due to …

The conversion of metal–organic hybrids (eg, metal–organic frameworks) into functional
nanoporous materials has attracted intensive attention because nanoporous materials show …