Advances in colloidal assembly: the design of structure and hierarchy in two and three dimensions

N Vogel, M Retsch, CA Fustin, A Del Campo… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The colloidal domain is characterized by the dimensions of its constituents in the range from
several nanometers to micrometers. Often, these individual entities are organized in …

Colloidal molecules and patchy particles: Complementary concepts, synthesis and self-assembly

W Li, H Palis, R Mérindol, J Majimel… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This review describes the latest advances in the synthesis and assembly of specific colloids
such as the colloidal molecules as defined by van Blaaderen in 2003 and the patchy …

A colloidoscope of colloid-based porous materials and their uses

KR Phillips, GT England, S Sunny, E Shirman… - Chemical Society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Nature evolved a variety of hierarchical structures that produce sophisticated functions.
Inspired by these natural materials, colloidal self-assembly provides a convenient way to …

Synthesis and assembly of patchy particles: Recent progress and future prospects

S Ravaine, E Duguet - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2017 - Elsevier
The burgeoning need to fabricate new functional materials through the assembly of colloidal
building blocks has motivated an intensive research focused on patchy particles. A large …

Bespoke nanostars: synthetic strategies, tactics, and uses of tailored branched gold nanoparticles

AL Siegel, GA Baker - Nanoscale Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Interest in branched colloidal gold nanosystems has gained increased traction due to the
structures' outstanding optical and plasmonic properties, resulting in utilization in techniques …

Orange peel-derived carbon dots/Cu-MOF nanohybrid for fluorescence determination of l-ascorbic acid and Fe3+

F Sadeghi-Chahnasir, F Amiripour, S Ghasemi - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Recycling and reuse of biomass waste in synthesis of nanomaterials have recently received
much attention as an effective solution for environmental protection and sustainable …

Synthetic methodologies to gold nanoshells: an overview

YC Wang, É Rhéaume, F Lesage, A Kakkar - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Gold nanostructures that can be synthetically articulated to adapt diverse morphologies,
offer a versatile platform and tunable properties for applications in a variety of areas …

Synthesis and degradation mechanism of renally excretable gold core–shell nanoparticles for combined photothermal and photodynamic therapy

B Singh, C Patnaik, R Bahadur, M Gandhi, A De… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photothermal therapy (PTT) has emerged as a very potent therapeutic approach in the
treatment of tumors. Gold nanoparticles have gained considerable scientific interest as a …

Molecular patchy clusters with controllable symmetry breaking for structural engineering

G Li, Z Gan, Y Liu, S Wang, QY Guo, Z Liu, R Tan… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Anisotropic patchy particles with molecular precision are exquisite building blocks for
constructing diverse meso-structures of high complexity. In this research, a library of …

Shedding light on the growth of gold nanoshells

C Sauerbeck, M Haderlein, B Schürer… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nanostructured particles containing noble metals can have highly tunable localized surface
plasmon resonances and are therefore of particular interest for numerous applications …