Gas-sensing applications commonly use nanomaterials (NMs) because of their unique
physicochemical properties, including a high surface-to-volume ratio, enormous number of …

Contemporary medicine suffers from many shortcomings in terms of successful disease
diagnosis and treatment, both of which rely on detection capacity and timing. The lack of …

Bioinspired structural color materials represent a curiosity-led, technology-driven field with
multidisciplinary research studies aiming at mimicking and recapitulating natural coloration …

Engineered by nature, biological entities are exceptional building blocks for biomaterials.
These entities can impart enhanced functionalities on the final material that are otherwise …

Living organisms ubiquitously display colors that adapt to environmental changes, relying
on the soft layer of cells or proteins. Adoption of soft materials into an artificial adaptive color …

Reducing energy consumption is one of the major concerns in modern building design and
construction because buildings account for≈ 40% of the total energy consumption in …

Bacteriophages (phages) are nanostructured viruses with highly selective antibacterial
properties that have gained attention beyond eliminating bacteria. Specifically, M13 phages …

Structural colors, generated by the interaction of interference, diffraction, and scattering
between incident light and periodic nanostructured surfaces with features of the same scale …

Artificial olfactory systems that can provide sustainable monitoring and non-invasive
diagnostics are emerging for environmental exposure detection and exhaled breath …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are gaseous chemicals found in ambient air and
exhaled breath. In particular, highly reactive aldehydes are frequently found in polluted air …