Nanotechnology is an emerging field which has created great opportunities either through
the creation of new materials or by improving the properties of existing ones. Nanoscale …

Advances in polymers have made significant contribution in diverse application oriented
fields. Multidisciplinary applicability of polymers generates a range of strategies, which is …

Infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria, particularly Gram-negative organisms, are
increasingly difficult to treat using antibiotics. A potential alternative is “phage therapy”, in …

Chitosan has emerged as a biodegradable, nontoxic polymer with multiple beneficial
applications in the agricultural and biomedical sectors. As nanotechnology has evolved as a …

Various properties of chitosan can be customized by thiolation for very specific needs in a
wide range of application areas. Since the discovery of thiolated chitosans, many studies …

Breast cancer is considered one of the utmost neoplastic diseases globally, with a high
death rate of patients. Over the last decades, many approaches have been studied to early …

Composites or hybrid materials offer diverse properties not achievable in pure materials.
Here we critically review the interesting and controllable fluorescence and photothermal …

For treatment of bone tumor and regeneration of bone defects, the biomaterials should
possess the ability to kill tumor cells and regenerate bone defect simultaneously. To date …

Antifouling biocides releasing restricts the longevity of antifouling coatings. Compared with
the anchoring state, the releasing behavior of agents is much faster on the voyage, while the …

Localized photothermal therapy (PTT) has been demonstrated to be a promising method of
combating cancer, that additionally synergistically enhances other treatment modalities such …