Colloidal self-assembly approaches to smart nanostructured materials

Z Li, Q Fan, Y Yin - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colloidal self-assembly refers to a solution-processed assembly of nanometer-/micrometer-
sized, well-dispersed particles into secondary structures, whose collective properties are …

Materials with tunable optical properties for wearable epidermal sensing in health monitoring

F Han, T Wang, G Liu, H Liu, X **e, Z Wei… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in wearable epidermal sensors have revolutionized the way that physiological
signals are captured and measured for health monitoring. One major challenge is to convert …

Poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) and Its Copolymers: A Review on Recent Advances in the Areas of Sensing and Biosensing

A Das, A Babu, S Chakraborty… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive polymers have received increasing attention for various applications due
to their ability to adapt physical and chemical properties in response to external …

Reversible assembly of nanoparticles: theory, strategies and computational simulations

D Gentili, G Ori - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The significant advances in synthesis and functionalization have enabled the preparation of
high-quality nanoparticles that have found a plethora of successful applications. The unique …

Enhancing phototoxicity in human colorectal tumor cells through nanoarchitectonics for synergistic photothermal and photodynamic therapies

A Mendes de Almeida Junior, AS Ferreira… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Phototherapies are promising for noninvasive treatment of aggressive tumors, especially
when combining heat induction and oxidative processes. Herein, we show enhanced …

The Importance of Excess Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) for the Aggregation of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Coated Gold Nanoparticles

ST Jones, Z Walsh-Korb, SJ Barrow, SL Henderson… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Thermoresponsive materials are generating significant interest on account of the sharp and
tunable temperature deswelling transition of the polymer chain. Such materials have shown …

Plasmonic gold nanoparticles stain hydrogels for the portable and high-throughput monitoring of mercury ions

XJ Du, Y Chen, LY Qin, HQ Luo, NB Li… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
The hybrid of l-cysteine and agarose can reduce HAuCl4 and support the rapid growth of
plasmonic gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) in the hydrogel phase. The l-cysteine-doped …

Selective colorimetric detection of hydrogen sulfide based on primary amine-active ester cross-linking of gold nanoparticles

Z Yuan, F Lu, M Peng, CW Wang, YT Tseng… - Analytical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a highly toxic environmental pollutant and also an important
gaseous transmitter. Therefore, selective detection of H2S is very important, and visual …

Multi-stimuli-responsive aggregation of nanoparticles driven by the manipulation of colloidal stability

L Johnson, DM Gray, E Niezabitowska, TO McDonald - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The capacity to control the dispersed or aggregated state of colloidal particles is particularly
attractive for facilitating a diverse range of smart applications. For this reason, stimuli …

Enhanced cysteine sensor based on modified gold nanoparticles with synergistic role of pH-responsive poly (N, N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate)

Z Alinejad, M Raeesi, AR Mahdavian - European Polymer Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of a highly sensitive and easy-to-prepare sensor for the detection of
cysteine (Cys) is of great importance. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been frequently …