Interactions between metal oxides and biomolecules: from fundamental understanding to applications

MJ Limo, A Sola-Rabada, E Boix, V Thota… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Metallo-oxide (MO)-based bioinorganic nanocomposites promise unique structures,
physicochemical properties, and novel biochemical functionalities, and within the past …

Sol-gel silica nanoparticles in medicine: A natural choice. Design, synthesis and products

MC Gonçalves - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Silica is one of the most abundant minerals in the Earth's crust, and over time it has been
introduced first into human life and later into engineering. Silica is present in the food chain …

Hybrid protein-inorganic nanoparticles: from tumor-targeted drug delivery to cancer imaging

AO Elzoghby, AL Hemasa, MS Freag - Journal of Controlled Release, 2016 - Elsevier
Recently, a great interest has been paid to the development of hybrid protein-inorganic
nanoparticles (NPs) for drug delivery and cancer diagnostics in order to combine the merits …

Biomimetic catalysis of metal–organic frameworks

Y Chen, S Ma - Dalton Transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted great attention as a new type of
prospective material with various merits and functionalities. MOFs can either act as …

Self-assembled peptide nanostructures for functional materials

MS Ekiz, G Cinar, MA Khalily, MO Guler - Nanotechnology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Nature is an important inspirational source for scientists, and presents complex and elegant
examples of adaptive and intelligent systems created by self-assembly. Significant effort has …

Rational design of PdCu nanoparticles supported on a templated Ni foam: The cooperation effect of morphology and composition for electrocatalytic oxidation of …

MA Kamyabi, S Jadali - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, with the goal of the production of a cost effective anode for ethanol oxidation,
the surface of Ni foam is covered with templated PdCu nanoparticles via the galvanic …

Denatured proteins show new vitality: Green synthesis of germanium oxide hollow microspheres with versatile functions by denaturing proteins around bubbles

Y Zhao, X Liang, D Chen, X Bian, W Liu, L Han - Aggregate, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The hollow structure has long attracted great attention because of its excellent properties.
However, this special structure is usually synthesized through some complex approaches …

A Flexible Caterpillar‐Like Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies with Ultrasmall Nanogaps for Enhanced Dual‐Modal Imaging and Photothermal Therapy

Y Xia, X Ma, J Gao, G Chen, Z Li, X Wu, Z Yu, J Xing… - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Gold nanoparticle (AuNP) assemblies (GNAs) have attracted attention since
enhanced coupling plasmonic resonance (CPR) emerged in the nanogap between coupling …

Bio-inspired silica lipase nanobiocatalysts for the synthesis of fatty acid methyl esters

D Cazaban, A Illanes, L Wilson, L Betancor - Process Biochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Green production of biodiesel via enzymatic transesterification necessitates technological
improvements for practical implementation. Heterogenization of biocatalysts has long …

Chip-based molecularly imprinted monolithic capillary array columns coated GO/SiO2 for selective extraction and sensitive determination of rhodamine B in chili …

H Zhai, L Huang, Z Chen, Z Su, K Yuan, G Liang, Y Pan - Food chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
A novel solid-phase extraction chip embedded with array columns of molecularly imprinted
polymer-coated silanized graphene oxide (GO/SiO 2-MISPE) was established to detect trace …