There is an urgent need to improve the sustainability of the materials we produce and use.
Here, we explore what humans can learn from nature about how to sustainably fabricate …

Self-assembly approaches, eg colloidal, emulsion and polymer phase separation, provide
scientists with an exotic yet direct platform to access technologically desired nanostructures …

Drugs with low water solubility are predisposed to low and variable oral bioavailability and,
therefore, to variability in clinical response. Despite significant efforts to “design in” …

Polymeric micelles (PM) are extensively used to improve the delivery of hydrophobic drugs.
Many different PM have been designed and evaluated over the years, and some of them …

Nanotechnology is being used to enhance conventional ceramic and polymeric water
treatment membrane materials through various avenues. Among the numerous concepts …

Antioxidants (AOs) play a crucial role in the protection and maintenance of health and are
also integral ingredients in beauty products. Unfortunately, most of them are sensitive due to …

Surfactants are well known for their colloidal and corrosion inhibition potential (CIP) due to
their strong propensity to interact with metallic surfaces. However, because of their small …

Endocytosis is a fundamental process in which eukaryotic cells internalise molecules and
macromolecules via deformation of the membrane and generation of membrane-bound …

The design and construction of integrated chemical ensembles for studying complex
biological systems is attracting considerable interest in a wide range of research …

It is well-known that surfactants are molecules able to modify the surface properties of the
liquid in which they are introduced (usually water). The simultaneous presence of both …