Designing bioresponsive nanomaterials for intracellular self-assembly

S Chagri, DYW Ng, T Weil - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Supramolecular assemblies are essential components of living organisms. Cellular
scaffolds, such as the cytoskeleton or the cell membrane, are formed via secondary …

Beyond the visible: bioinspired infrared adaptive materials

J Yang, X Zhang, X Zhang, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Infrared (IR) adaptation phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and biological systems. Taking
inspiration from natural creatures, researchers have devoted extensive efforts for developing …

Block-polymer-restricted sub-nanometer Pt nanoclusters nanozyme-enhanced immunoassay for monitoring of cardiac troponin I

S Chen, Z Yu, Y Wang, J Tang, Y Zeng, X Liu… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Noble-metal nanozymes have demonstrated great potential in various fields. However,
aggregation of single-particle nanoparticles severely affects their exposed catalytically …

Supramolecular cancer nanotheranostics

J Zhou, L Rao, G Yu, TR Cook, X Chen… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Among the many challenges in medicine, the treatment and cure of cancer remains an
outstanding goal given the complexity and diversity of the disease. Nanotheranostics, the …

Liposomes and polymersomes: a comparative review towards cell mimicking

E Rideau, R Dimova, P Schwille, FR Wurm… - Chemical society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Cells are integral to all forms of life due to their compartmentalization by the plasma
membrane. However, living organisms are immensely complex. Thus there is a need for …

Medical micro/nanorobots in complex media

Z Wu, Y Chen, D Mukasa, OS Pak, W Gao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Medical micro/nanorobots have received tremendous attention over the past decades owing
to their potential to be navigated into hard-to-reach tissues for a number of biomedical …

Biological activity of ionic liquids and their application in pharmaceutics and medicine

KS Egorova, EG Gordeev, VP Ananikov - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids are remarkable chemical compounds, which find applications in many areas of
modern science. Because of their highly tunable nature and exceptional properties, ionic …

Artificial cells: synthetic compartments with life-like functionality and adaptivity

BC Buddingh', JCM van Hest - Accounts of chemical research, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Cells are highly advanced microreactors that form the basis of all life. Their
fascinating complexity has inspired scientists to create analogs from synthetic and natural …

Biocatalytic cascades operating on macromolecular scaffolds and in confined environments

M Vázquez-González, C Wang, I Willner - Nature Catalysis, 2020 - nature.com
Biocatalytic cascades guide complex, efficient and selective intracellular transformations.
These unique features originate from the spatial organization of the biocatalysts in confined …

Microplastics toxicity, detection, and removal from water/wastewater

KA Adegoke, FA Adu, AK Oyebamiji, A Bamisaye… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
The world has witnessed massive and preeminent microplastics (MPs) pollution in water
bodies due to the inevitable continuous production of plastics for various advantageous …