The study of ordered mesoporous silica materials has exploded since their discovery by
Mobil researchers 20 years ago. The ability to make uniformly sized, porous, and dispersible …

Multidisciplinary research at the forefront of the field of hybrid materials has paved the way to
the development of endless examples of smart devices. One appealing concept in this fertile …

Nanotechnology has attracted much attention because it possesses many advantages to
engineer new organized nanomaterials and endow them with improved performance. In …

One of the greatest challenges in the field of medicine is the effective and efficient drug
delivery to the defected cells or tumor cells with minimal toxic side effects. Due to lacking …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201401931 silica NP to afford hollow PMO NPs after etching the silica
core.[24] This strategy was used very recently by J. Shi and coworkers to design …

Functional surfaces and coatings with excellent anticorrosion performances are of great
significance for numerous engineering applications. However, develo** waterborne …

Smart micro-arc oxidation (MAO)/epoxy resin (EP) composite coatings were formed on AZ31
magnesium (Mg) alloy. Mesoporous silica nanocontainers (MSN) encapsulated with sodium …

The ever‐growing interest for finding efficient and reliable methods for treatment of diseases
has set a precedent for the design and synthesis of new functional hybrid materials, namely …

Ruthenium (II) polypyridyl complexes have emerged both as promising probes of DNA
structure and as anticancer agents because of their unique photophysical and cytotoxic …

Two azobenzene α-cyclodextrin based nanovalves are designed, synthesized and
assembled on mesoporous silica nanoparticles. Under aqueous conditions, the cyclodextrin …