The major interest in nanoparticles as an application platform for biotechnology arises from
their high surface-to-volume ratio. Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) are particularly …

Nano-sized drug transporters have become an efficient approach with considerable
commercial values. Nanomedicine is not only limited to drug delivery by means of different …

Nanoscale plastics, being ubiquitous in the environment, can cross biological barriers
primarily through interactions with the cell membrane; yet there remains a lack of knowledge …

Bio–nano interactions are a promising area of research, focused particularly on the
interactions between proteins and nanomaterials (NMs). These interactions lead to the …

Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are largely employed in diagnostics/biosensors and are among
the most investigated nanomaterials in biology/medicine. However, few GNP‐based …

Unlike in the bulk, the hydrogen bond network of water is interrupted at water interfaces, and
thus chemical reaction occurs at the water interface in a different manner than in the bulk …

Gold nanoparticles are versatile materials for biological applications because their
properties can be modulated by assembling ligands on their surface to form monolayers …

A mechanistic understanding of the influence of the surface properties of engineered
nanomaterials on their interactions with cells is essential for designing materials for …

Important contemporary biological and materials problems often depend on interactions that
span orders of magnitude differences in spatial and temporal dimensions. This Tutorial …

Exploring the interactions between the immune system and nanomaterials (NMs) is critical
for designing effective and safe NMs, but large knowledge gaps remain to be filled prior to …