Recent studies of Pickering emulsions: particles make the difference

J Wu, GH Ma - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, emulsions stabilized by micro‐or nanoparticles (known as Pickering
emulsions) have attracted much attention. Micro‐or nanoparticles, as the main components …

Enzyme mimicry for combating bacteria and biofilms

Z Chen, Z Wang, J Ren, X Qu - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Bacterial infection continues to be a growing global health problem with the
most widely accepted treatment paradigms restricted to antibiotics. However, antibiotics …

Multi-compartmental MOF microreactors derived from Pickering double emulsions for chemo-enzymatic cascade catalysis

D Tian, R Hao, X Zhang, H Shi, Y Wang, L Liang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Bioinspired multi-compartment architectures are desired in synthetic biology and metabolic
engineering, as credited by their cell-like structures and intrinsic ability of assembling …

Remote light‐responsive nanocarriers for controlled drug delivery: advances and perspectives

W Zhao, Y Zhao, Q Wang, T Liu, J Sun, R Zhang - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Engineering of smart photoactivated nanomaterials for targeted drug delivery systems (DDS)
has recently attracted considerable research interest as light enables precise and accurate …

Stimuli-responsive Pickering emulsions: recent advances and potential applications

J Tang, PJ Quinlan, KC Tam - Soft Matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Pickering emulsions possess many advantages over traditional surfactant stabilized
emulsions. For example, Pickering emulsions impart better stability against coalescence …

Near‐infrared‐sensitive materials based on upconverting nanoparticles

S Wu, HJ Butt - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The near‐infrared (NIR) region of the spectrum is called the “therapeutic window” because
NIR light can penetrate deeply into tissue. Therefore, NIR‐sensitive materials are attractive …