Silica nanoparticles (SNP) have gained tremendous attention in the recent decades. They
have been used in many different biomedical fields including diagnosis, biosensing and …

Sol–gel chemistry offers a flexible approach to obtaining a diverse range of materials. It
allows differing chemistries to be achieved as well as offering the ability to produce a wide …

Ligand utilization is a necessary and powerful technique for the colloidal synthesis of
nanoparticles (NPs) with controllable sizes and regulated morphologies. For catalysis …

Enzymatic catalysis in living cells enables the in-situ detection of cellular metabolites in
single cells, which could contribute to early diagnosis of diseases. In this study, enzyme is …

Phase change materials (PCMs) show promise for thermal energy storage (TES) owing to
their substantial latent heat during phase transition. However, the power density and overall …

Biogas is an increasingly attractive renewable resource, envisioned to secure future energy
demands and help curb global climate change. To capitalize on this resource, membrane …

In the past decade, non-invasive and biocompatible mesoporous silica materials as efficient
drug delivery systems have attracted special attention. Great progress in structure control …

Though many efforts have been devoted to the adsorptive removal of hazardous materials of
organophosphorus pesticides (OPs), it is still highly desirable to develop novel adsorbents …

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) are recognized as a prime example of
nanotechnology applied in the biomedical field, due to their easily tunable structure and …

Research on mesoporous materials for biomedical purposes has experienced an
outstanding increase during recent years. Since 2001, when MCM‐41 was first proposed as …