Over the last few decades there has been a huge interest in nanostructured functional
materials and assembly techniques for preparing functional molecular assemblies with …

The encapsulation of living mammalian cells within a semi-permeable hydrogel matrix is an
attractive procedure for many biomedical and biotechnological applications, such as …

Over the past few decades, layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly of multilayer thin films has
garnered considerable interest on account of its ability to modulate nanometer control over …

Chitosan is a marine-origin polysaccharide obtained from the deacetylation of chitin, the
main component of crustaceans' exoskeleton, and the second most abundant in nature …

Layer-by-layer (LbL) was first introduced as a surface modification technique based on the
sequential spontaneous adsorption of at least two distinct materials onto planar substrates …

Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly has attracted much interest because of its ability to provide
nanoscale control over film characteristics and because of a wide choice of available …

Encapsulating living cells within multilayer functional shells is a crucial extension of cellular
functions and a further development of cell surface engineering. In the last decade, cell …

The use of recombinant elastin-like materials, or elastin-like recombinamers (ELRs), in drug-
delivery applications is reviewed in this work. Although ELRs were initially used in similar …

Surface modification of biomaterials is a well‐known approach to enable an adequate
biointerface between the implant and the surrounding tissue, dictating the initial acceptance …

Layer‐by‐Layer (LbL) assembly is a simple and highly versatile method to modify surfaces
and fabricate robust and highly‐ordered nanostructured coatings over almost any type of …