Cobalt oxide nanostructures have been considered as promising electrode materials for
various electrochemical applications, especially for batteries, supercapacitors, and …

Hollow micro‐/nanostructures are of great interest in many current and emerging areas of
technology. Perhaps the best‐known example of the former is the use of fly‐ash hollow …

Nature is a great source of inspiration in solving extremely complex problems, and it is every
day more common to use its strategies for the development of new materials, methods, and …

Complex structures and morphologies in nature endow materials with unexpected
properties and extraordinary functions. Biotemplating is an emerging strategy for replicating …

Since material properties are structure-dependent, new and interesting properties are
expected from unusual or complex structures. Biomorphic mineralization is a technique that …

Highlights•We discuss bionanotechnology applications of ferritin family proteins.•Ferritin
family proteins are able to mineralise a range of metal ions.•The ferritin and DPS cages can …

Green-reduction mediated the facile maturation of the cobalt nano-precipitates into lumpy
nano-sponges. Higher substitutional capping of Withania biomolecules yields ultrafine …

Hollow structured semiconductor oxide materials have been paid more and more attention
due to their potential applications in many areas. Cobalt (II, III) oxide (Co3O4) is an important …

Hollow multishelled structures (HoMSs) have gained numerous achievements in broad
scientific research fields. In the past decade, the rapid developments of synthetic methods …

Protein scaffolds provide unique metal coordination environments that promote
biomineralization processes. It is expected that protein scaffolds can be developed to …