Understanding and controlling interfaces has proven to be key to a very wide range of
applications, from optical and electronic materials 1, 2 to energy storage and production, 3 …

Nucleic acid nanomaterials with good biocompatibility, biodegradability, and
programmability have important applications in biomedical field. Nucleic acid nanomaterials …

Polyelectrolyte brushes provide wear protection and lubrication in many technical, medical,
physiological, and biological applications. Wear resistance and low friction are attributed to …

Grafting of polymer brush (assembly of polymer chains tethered to the substrate by one end)
is emerging as one of the most viable approach to alter the surface of inorganic …

Subtle details about a polyelectrolyte's surrounding environment can dictate its structural
features and potential applications. Atomic force microscopy (AFM), surface forces …

A fractal nanostructure having a high surface area is potentially useful in sensors, catalysts,
functional coatings, and biomedical and electronic applications. Preparation of fractal …

Bright signal outputs are needed for fluorescence detection of biomolecules at their native
expression levels. Increasing the number of labels on a probe often results in crowding …

A new photoelectrochemical (PEC)“signal-on” sensing platform based on photoactive
material Bi2O3–ZnO and CdS quantum dots (QDs) sensitizer was fabricated for …

We provide a theoretical model for the collapse of polyelectrolyte brushes in the presence of
multivalent ions, focusing on the formation of lateral inhomogeneties in the collapsed state …

Rolling circle amplification (RCA) is an isothermal enzymatic amplification reaction, which is
used to massively produce periodic long-single-stranded DNA/RNA with predesigned …