The development of biodegradable polymers represents a revolution in medicine spanning
over 50 years and leading to significant biotechnological advancements in drug delivery …

Methods for depositing thin films are important in generating functional materials for diverse
applications in a wide variety of fields. Over the last half-century, the layer-by-layer assembly …

With the unprecedented progresses of biomedical nanotechnology during the past few
decades, conventional drug delivery systems (DDSs) have been involved into smart DDSs …

The design and use of materials in the nanoscale size range for addressing medical and
health-related issues continues to receive increasing interest. Research in nanomedicine …

Controlled drug delivery formulations have revolutionized treatments for a range of health
conditions. Over decades of innovation, layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly has emerged as …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been applied in clinical treatment of tumors for a long time.
However, insufficient supply of pivotal factors including photosensitizer (PS), light, and …

Many polymers, especially polyurethane foam and fiber fabric, are particularly easy to burn
and generate a large number of droplets leading to the rapid spread of the fire. Therefore …

Over the last few decades there has been a huge interest in nanostructured functional
materials and assembly techniques for preparing functional molecular assemblies with …

The acidic tumor microenvironment (TME), which mainly results from the high glycolytic rate
of tumor cells, has been characterized as a hallmark of solid tumors and found to be a …

Multidisciplinary research at the forefront of the field of hybrid materials has paved the way to
the development of endless examples of smart devices. One appealing concept in this fertile …