Smart soft materials are envisioned to be the building blocks of the next generation of
advanced devices and digitally augmented technologies. In this context, liquid crystals (LCs) …

Recently, iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted much consideration due to their
unique properties, such as superparamagnetism, surface-to-volume ratio, greater surface …

Now in its fourth edition, Surfactants and Interfacial Phenomena explains why and how
surfactants operate in interfacial processes (such as foaming, wetting, emulsion formation …

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) with appropriate surface chemistry
have been widely used experimentally for numerous in vivo applications such as magnetic …

We present a new local density functional, called M06-L, for main-group and transition
element thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, and noncovalent interactions. The …

At present, nanoparticles are used for various biomedical applications where they facilitate
laboratory diagnostics and therapeutics. More specifically for drug delivery purposes, the …

In this Perspective, we discuss the recent development of polymerization-induced self-
assembly mediated by reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) aqueous …

Nanomaterials, such as metal or semiconductor nanoparticles and nanorods, exhibit similar
dimensions to those of biomolecules, such as proteins (enzymes, antigens, antibodies) or …

The possibility to change the molecular assembled structures of organic and organometallic
materials through mechanical stimulation is emerging as a general and powerful concept for …

Materials found in nature combine many inspiring properties such as sophistication,
miniaturization, hierarchical organizations, hybridation, resistance and adaptability …