The field of plasmonics has become one of the most interesting and active research areas in
nanotechnology, enabling numerous fundamental studies and applications in a variety of …

The creation of synthetic 2D materials represents an attractive challenge that is ultimately
driven by their prospective uses in, for example, electronics, biomedicine, catalysis, sensing …

Recent advances in the self-assembly of block copolymers have enabled the precise
fabrication of hierarchical nanostructures using low-cost solution-phase protocols. However …

The fabrication of monodisperse nanostructures of highly controlled size and morphology
with spatially distinct functional regions is a current area of high interest in materials science …

2D materials such as graphene, LAPONITE® clays or molybdenum disulfide nanosheets are
of extremely high interest to the materials community as a result of their high surface area …

Polymer electrolytes have attracted intensive attention due to their potential applications in
all-solid-state lithium batteries. Ion conduction in this system is generally considered to be …

A wide range of biorelevant applications, particularly in pharmaceutical formulations and the
food and cosmetic industries, require the stabilization of two water-soluble blended …

A unique case of sterically constrained crystallization arises in bottlebrush polymers bearing
semicrystalline side chains. Bottlebrushes with grafted side chains can form crystalline …

Rectangular platelets formed by the self-assembly of block copolymers in selective solvents
are of interest for a range of applications. Recently, we showed that the seeded growth of …

Scientific research on semicrystalline polymers started before the concept of
macromolecules was proposed by Staudinger. Extensive studies have been devoted by …