Ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters, commonly termed 'monolayer-protected metal
clusters'(MPCs), comprise a common set of structures with an inorganic core stabilized by an …

Biofouling is a serious problem in the medical, marine, and all other industrial fields as it
poses significant health risks and financial losses. Therefore, there is a great demand for …

Polydopamine is one of the simplest and most versatile approaches to functionalizing
material surfaces, having been inspired by the adhesive nature of catechols and amines in …

Abstract Self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs), owing to their unique and versatile abilities to
manipulate chemical and physical interfacial properties, have emerged as powerful …

Interfacial engineering has long been a vital means of improving thin-film device
performance, especially for organic electronics, perovskites, and hybrid devices. It greatly …

The interest in functional supramolecular systems for the design of innovative materials and
technologies, able to fundamentally change the world, is growing at a high pace. The huge …

Optical metasurfaces are planar metamaterials that can mediate highly precise light–matter
interactions. Because of their unique optical properties, both plasmonic and dielectric …

With the recent advancement of nanomaterials and nanostructured materials, the point-of-
care biosensor devices have shown a potential growth to revolutionize the future …

Activation and reduction of O2 and H2O2 by synthetic and biosynthetic iron porphyrin
models have proved to be a versatile platform for evaluating second-sphere effects deemed …

Gold–thiol contacts are ubiquitous across the physical and biological sciences in connecting
organic molecules to surfaces. When thiols bind to gold in self-assembled monolayers …