Anisotropy is an important and widely present characteristic of materials that provides
desired direction-dependent properties. In particular, the introduction of anisotropy into …

Chemical methods developed over the past two decades enable preparation of colloidal
nanocrystals with uniform size and shape. These Brownian objects readily order into …

Self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) into superstructures offers a flexible and
promising pathway to manipulate the nanometer-sized particles and thus make full use of …

Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have been extensively explored as magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) contrast agents. With the increasing complexity in the structure of modern …

In recent years, the continuous development of magnetic nanostructures (MNSs) has
tremendously promoted both fundamental scientific research and technological applications …

Multicomponent nanoparticle superlattices (SLs) promise the integration of nanoparticles
(NPs) with remarkable electronic, magnetic, and optical properties into a single structure …

Integrating nanoscale building blocks of low dimensionality (0D; ie, spheres) into higher
dimensional structures endows them and their corresponding materials with emergent …

Magnetic nanomotors (MNMs), powered by a magnetic field, are ideal platforms to achieve
versatile biomedical applications in a collective and spatiotemporal fashion. Although the …

Magnetic nanoparticles offer unique potential for various technological, biomedical, or
environmental applications thanks to the size-, shape-and material-dependent tunability of …

Clustering of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) is perhaps the most effective, yet intriguing
strategy to enhance T 2 relaxivity in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, the …