With the thriving of mussel-inspired polyphenol chemistry as well as the demand for low-cost
analogues to polydopamine in adhesive design, tannic acid has gradually become a …

The discovery of the enhancement of Raman scattering by molecules adsorbed on
nanostructured metal surfaces is a landmark in the history of spectroscopic and analytical …

Chemical methods developed over the past two decades enable preparation of colloidal
nanocrystals with uniform size and shape. These Brownian objects readily order into …

Self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) into superstructures offers a flexible and
promising pathway to manipulate the nanometer-sized particles and thus make full use of …

The field of chiral inorganic nanostructures is rapidly expanding. It started from the
observation of strong circular dichroism during the synthesis of individual nanoparticles …

Nanofabrication has been utilized to manufacture one-, two-, and three-dimensional
functional nanostructures for applications such as electronics, sensors, and photonic …

The synthesis of mixed-component metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)–including multivariate
MOFs (MTV-MOFs), multicomponent MOFs, mixed-metals MOFs and mixed-ligands and …

The organized assembly of particles into superstructures is typically governed by specific
molecular interactions or external directing factors associated with the particle building …

Efficient solar-enabled evaporation plays a critical role in solar power-based concentration
systems, photochemical plants, seawater desalination technologies, etc. However …

Ligand protected noble metal nanoparticles are excellent building blocks for colloidal self‐
assembly. Metal nanoparticle self‐assembly offers routes for a wide range of multifunctional …