Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly has attracted much interest because of its ability to provide
nanoscale control over film characteristics and because of a wide choice of available …

Using surface-initiated atom-transfer radical polymerization, temperature-responsive block
polymers were functionalized on the surface of silica nanocapsules (SNCs) by a “grafting …

Using surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), block polymers with a
series of quaternization degrees were coated on the surface of silica nanocapsules (SNCs) …

Lung cancer is a complicated long-term disease, which is extremely difficult to cure. A
traditional single drug delivery system cannot achieve desired long-term controlled release …

We describe layer-by-layer (LbL) buildup and pH-responsive behavior of multilayer films of
alginate/chitosan/alginate-modified silica nanocapsules (SNCs) and chitosan (CS) …

Functional organic thin films often demand precise control over the nanometer-level
structure. Interlayer diffusion of materials may destroy this precise structure; therefore, a …

Uncontrolled bleeding from traumatic wounds is a major factor in deaths resulting from
military conflict, accidents, disasters and crime. Self-assembling peptide nanofibers have …

It has long been assumed that the spontaneous formation of materials such as complexes
and multilayers from charged polymers depends on (inter) diffusion of these polyelectrolytes …

While nature extensively uses electrostatic bonding between oppositely charged polymers
to assemble and stabilize materials, harnessing these interactions in synthetic systems has …

The classical Voorn-Overbeek thermodynamic theory of complexation and phase separation
of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes is generalized to account for the charge accessibility …