Nanogels and microgels: From model colloids to applications, recent developments, and future trends

M Karg, A Pich, T Hellweg, T Hoare, LA Lyon… - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nanogels and microgels are soft, deformable, and penetrable objects with an internal gel-
like structure that is swollen by the dispersing solvent. Their softness and the potential to …

Tutorial: using nanoneedles for intracellular delivery

C Chiappini, Y Chen, S Aslanoglou, A Mariano… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Intracellular delivery of advanced therapeutics, including biologicals and supramolecular
agents, is complex because of the natural biological barriers that have evolved to protect the …

Building reconfigurable devices using complex liquid–fluid interfaces

J Forth, PY Kim, G **e, X Liu, BA Helms… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid–fluid interfaces provide a platform both for structuring liquids into complex shapes
and assembling dimensionally confined, functional nanomaterials. Historically, attention in …

Poly-N-isopropylacrylamide Nanogels and Microgels at Fluid Interfaces

M Rey, MA Fernandez-Rodriguez, M Karg… - Accounts of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The confinement of colloidal particles at liquid interfaces offers many
opportunities for materials design. Adsorption is driven by a reduction of the total free energy …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic and biopolymeric microgels: Review of similarities and difference in behaviour in bulk phases and at interfaces

DZ Akgonullu, BS Murray, SD Connell, Y Fang… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review discusses the current knowledge of interfacial and bulk interactions of
biopolymeric microgels in relation to the well-established properties of synthetic microgels …

[HTML][HTML] A broad perspective to particle-laden fluid interfaces systems: From chemically homogeneous particles to active colloids

E Guzmán, F Martínez-Pedrero, C Calero… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Particles adsorbed to fluid interfaces are ubiquitous in industry, nature or life. The wide
range of properties arising from the assembly of particles at fluid interface has stimulated an …

Advances in porous silicon–based nanomaterials for diagnostic and therapeutic applications

T Tieu, M Alba, R Elnathan… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This review provides a perspective on porous silicon (pSi)–based nanomaterials including
nanoparticles, nanowires, and thin films, that are currently being used in advanced therapy …

Microgels at interfaces, from mickering emulsions to flat interfaces and back

MA Fernandez-Rodriguez, A Martin-Molina… - Advances in colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this review, we cover the topic of p (NIPAM) based microgels at interfaces, revisiting
classical studies in light of the newest ones. In particular, we focus on their use as …

A MACEing silicon: Towards single-step etching of defined porous nanostructures for biomedicine

H Alhmoud, D Brodoceanu, R Elnathan, T Kraus… - Progress in materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) affords porous silicon nanostructures control over
size, shape, and porosity in a single step. Simplicity and flexibility are potential advantages …

Microgels adsorbed at liquid–liquid interfaces: A joint numerical and experimental study

F Camerin, MA Fernández-Rodríguez, L Rovigatti… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Soft particles display highly versatile properties with respect to hard colloids and even more
so at fluid–fluid interfaces. In particular, microgels, consisting of a cross-linked polymer …