This review highlights the most important advances in the development and manufacture of
advanced hybrid polymer-inorganic layered anticorrosion coatings for marine applications …

This paper is a review of the most recent and relevant achievements (from 2001 to 2013) on
the development of organic–inorganic hybrid (OIH) coatings produced by sol–gel-derived …

Incorporation of nanofillers into the organic coatings might enhance their barrier
performance, by decreasing the porosity and zigzagging the diffusion path for deleterious …

Concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems are a key step in expanding the use of solar
energy. Solar cells can operate at increased efficiencies under higher solar concentration …

Hybrid materials, or hybrids incorporating both organic and inorganic constituents, are
emerging as a very potent and promising class of materials due to the diverse, but …

Silane pre-functionalized carbon dots, arbitrarily doped (0-100% scale) carbon dot
nanohybrid gel glasses and macrostructures with high luminescence (quantum yields= 47 …

The corrosion process is a major source of metallic material degradation, particularly in
aggressive environments, such as marine ones. Corrosion progression affects the service …

Ionic liquids (ILs) play a crucial role in the design of novel materials. The ionic nature of ILs
provides numerous advantages in drug delivery, acting as a green solvent or active …

Cancer therapy is still a huge challenge, as especially chemotherapy shows several
drawbacks like low specificity to tumor cells, rapid elimination of drugs, high toxicity and lack …

The development of bio-MOFs or MOF biocomposites through the combination of MOFs with
biopolymers offers the possibility of expanding the potential applications of MOFs, making …