The natural melanin is one kind of ubiquitous biological pigments, which is produced in
melanosomes and widely distributed in living organisms. The synthetic melanin, often …

Tumor microenvironment (TME)-responsive nanoformulations that catalyze a cascade of
intracellular redox reactions showed promise for tumor treatment with high specificity and …

Biocompatible smart dual-responsive cellulose nanofibres were designed and prepared by
grafting a temperature and pH dual-responsive polymer (PEI-NIPAM: polyethyleneimine–N …

Smart responsive nanomedicines serving as carriers can take advantage of the specific
tumor microenvironment (TME) to convert non-toxic drugs into effective anticarcinogens and …

Bacterial biofilm is notorious for causing chronic infections, whose antibiotic treatment is
bringing about severe multidrug resistance and environmental contamination. Stimuli …

Single chemotherapy often causes severe adverse effects and chemoresistance which limits
therapeutic efficacy. Recently, combination of chemotherapy with photothermal therapy …

Zeolites and zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) are widely studied as drug carrying
nanoplatforms to enhance the specificity and efficacy of traditional anticancer drugs. At …

Bioactive metal–organic frameworks (bio‐MOFs) built from biofunctional metal ions and
linkers show a new strategy to construct multifunctional theranostic platforms. Herein, a bio …

Elaborate design of multifunctional Janus nanoparticles (JNPs) with asymmetric
compositions and independent functions has drawn extensive attention in biological fields …

The zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) is a specifically promising drug carrier due to its
excellent intrinsic properties. However, the high toxicity of ZIF-8 nanoparticles severely limits …