Drug delivery systems are molecular platforms in which an active compound is packed into
or loaded on a biocompatible nanoparticle. Such a solution improves the activity of the …

Nanotechnology is expected to have a beneficial influence on agriculture, food and
environment, due to the unique properties of nanomaterials. However, little is known about …

Over the last five decades, plastics production has increased as a consequence of their use
in strategic sectors causing damage on aquatic ecosystems. In this context, biodegradable …

The bio–nano interface is the boundary where engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) meet the
biological system, exerting the biological function for which they have been designed or …

Bioplastics are thought as a safe substitute of non-biodegradable polymers. However, once
released in the environment, biodegradation may be very slow, and they also suffer abiotic …

Despite the fact that nanocarriers as drug delivery systems overcome the limitation of
chemotherapy, the leakage of encapsulated drugs during the delivery process to the target …

The development of efficient adsorbents for environmental applications has been prioritized,
considering the increasing pollution worldwide. The continuous search for new and effective …

Dendrimers are an emerging class of polymeric nanoparticles with beneficial biomedical
applications like early diagnostics, in vitro gene transfection or controlled drug delivery …

Gene expression profiling has developed rapidly in recent years with the advent of deep
sequencing technologies such as RNA sequencing (RNA Seq) and could be harnessed to …

Treating bacterial infection is emerging as a major obstacle to human public health today. As
a kind of long-established and widely used food preservative, the lipophilic gas sulfur …