Polyelectrolyte capsules have recently been introduced as new microscopic vehicles which
could have high potential in the biomedical field. In this critical review we give an …

Polymer capsules, fabricated either with the aid of a sacrificial template or via the self-
assembly of block copolymers into polymer vesicles (polymersomes), have attracted a great …

A new, slack, and uniformly porous TiO2 material is synthesized by a simple, carbon
nanotube (CNT) template‐assisted hydrothermal method and is further explored for protein …

The physico‐chemical properties of colloidal particles determine their uptake into cells. For a
series of microparticles only one parameter, the mechanical stiffness, was varied, whereas …

Many smart materials in bioengineering, nanotechnology and medicine allow the storage
and release of encapsulated drugs on demand at a specific location by an external stimulus …

A glucose-sensitive multilayer shell, which was fabricated by the layer-by-layer (LbL)
assembly method, can be used as a carrier for the encapsulation and controlled release of …

For decades scientists have been working on closed systems for transportation, catalysis
and protection, which are inspired by natural cells. Only recently polymer based systems …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were assembled on the surface of porous calcium carbonate
microspheres (CaCO3) in a neutral aqueous solution through electrostatic interaction. The …

Autofluorescent microcapsules were assembled by covalent cross‐linking of polysaccharide
alginate dialdehyde (ADA) derivative and cystamine dihydrochloride (CM) through a layer …

Inspired by the composition of adhesive proteins in mussel, a facile, low-cost, and green
approach to construct robust polydopamine (PDA) microcapsules as carriers for insulin …