Self-assembly of copolymer micelles: higher-level assembly for constructing hierarchical structure

Y Lu, J Lin, L Wang, L Zhang, C Cai - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
In recent years, the self-assembly of copolymer micelles has become an appealing frontier
of supramolecular chemistry as a strategy to construct superstructures with multiple levels of …

Hollow micro‐/nanostructures: synthesis and applications

XW Lou, LA Archer, Z Yang - Advanced Materials, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Hollow micro‐/nanostructures are of great interest in many current and emerging areas of
technology. Perhaps the best‐known example of the former is the use of fly‐ash hollow …

Self-assembly synthesis, tumor cell targeting, and photothermal capabilities of antibody-coated indocyanine green nanocapsules

J Yu, D Javier, MA Yaseen, N Nitin… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
New colloidal materials that can generate heat upon irradiation are being explored for
photothermal therapy as a minimally invasive approach to cancer treatment. The near …

Efficient biodiesel production from waste cooking oil by fast co-immobilization of lipases from Aspergillus oryzae and Rhizomucor miehei in magnetic chitosan …

H Wei, Q Wang, R Zhang, M Liu, W Zhang - Process Biochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
To achieve an efficient and cost-effective conversion from waste cooking oil (WCO) to
biodiesel, a facile one-pot co-immobilization of Aspergillus oryzae lipase (AOL) and …

Polyelectrolyte-multivalent molecule complexes: physicochemical properties and applications

SE Herrera, ML Agazzi, E Apuzzo, ML Cortez… - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The complexation of polyelectrolytes with other oppositely charged structures gives rise to a
great variety of functional materials with potential applications in a wide spectrum of …

A general route to nonspherical anatase TiO2 hollow colloids and magnetic multifunctional particles

XW Lou, LA Archer - Advanced Materials, 2008 - scholars.cityu.edu.hk
A templating method is demonstrated based on monodisperse nonspherical hematite
colloids to produce nonspherical metal oxide hollow or core/shell particles. It was observed …

Towards an in vivo biologically inspired nanofactory

PR Leduc, MS Wong, PM Ferreira, RE Groff… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
Nanotechnology is having a major impact on medicine and the treatment of disease, notably
in imaging and targeted drug delivery. It may, however, be possible to go even further and …

Design and synthesis of organic–inorganic hybrid capsules for biotechnological applications

J Shi, Y Jiang, X Wang, H Wu, D Yang, F Pan… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic–inorganic hybrid capsules, which typically possess a hollow lumen and a hybrid
wall, have emerged as a novel and promising class of hybrid materials and have attracted …

Periodic mesoporous silica and organosilica with controlled morphologies as carriers for drug release

CXC Lin, SZ Qiao, CZ Yu, S Ismadji, GQM Lu - … and Mesoporous Materials, 2009 - Elsevier
In this paper, we report the effects of morphology, wall composition of mesoporous materials
and different buffer solutions on drug delivery profiles. Hollow spheres of periodic …

Self-assembly of stiff, adhesive and self-healing gels from common polyelectrolytes

Y Huang, PG Lawrence, Y Lapitsky - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
Underwater adhesion has numerous potential medical, household, and industrial
applications. It is typically achieved through covalent polymerization and cross-linking …