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 …

Self‐assembled peptide‐based nanomaterials for biomedical imaging and therapy

GB Qi, YJ Gao, L Wang, H Wang - Advanced materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Peptide‐based materials are one of the most important biomaterials, with diverse structures
and functionalities. Over the past few decades, a self‐assembly strategy is introduced to …

Functional supramolecular polymers for biomedical applications

R Dong, Y Zhou, X Huang, X Zhu, Y Lu… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
As a novel class of dynamic and non‐covalent polymers, supramolecular polymers not only
display specific structural and physicochemical properties, but also have the ability to …

Pyrene-based AIE active materials for bioimaging and theranostics applications

M Shellaiah, KW Sun - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) is a unique research topic and property that can lead to
a wide range of applications, including cellular imaging, theranostics, analyte quantitation …

Photodynamic therapy with liposomes encapsulating photosensitizers with aggregation-induced emission

Y Yang, L Wang, H Cao, Q Li, Y Li, M Han, H Wang… - Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
As a noninvasive treatment, photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising strategy against
tumors. It is based on photosensitizer (PS)-induced phototoxicity after irradiation. However …

Pyrene-based hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks as new emitters with porosity-and aggregation-induced enhanced electrochemiluminescence for ultrasensitive …

ML Lu, W Huang, S Gao, JL Zhang, WB Liang… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Exploring new electrochemiluminescence (ECL) luminophores with strong ECL emission is
highly desirable for developing ultrasensitive ECL sensors. Herein, a pyrene-based …

Transformable nanomaterials as an artificial extracellular matrix for inhibiting tumor invasion and metastasis

XX Hu, PP He, GB Qi, YJ Gao, YX Lin, C Yang… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Tumor metastasis is one of the big challenges in cancer treatment and is often associated
with high patient mortality. Until now, there is an agreement that tumor invasion and …

A biomimetic peptide recognizes and traps bacteria in vivo as human defensin-6

Y Fan, XD Li, PP He, XX Hu, K Zhang, JQ Fan… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Using broad-spectrum antibiotics for microbial infection may cause flora disequilibrium, drug-
resistance, etc., seriously threatening human health. Here, we design a human defensin-6 …

Multifunctional nanoparticles self‐assembled from small organic building blocks for biomedicine

P Xing, Y Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular self‐assembly shows significant potential to construct responsive materials.
By tailoring the structural parameters of organic building blocks, nanosystems can be …

Intriguing H-aggregates of heptamethine cyanine for imaging-guided photothermal cancer therapy

F Wu, Y Lu, X Mu, Z Chen, S Liu, X Zhou… - ACS applied materials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Organic small-molecule-based photothermal agents such as cyanine dyes have received
increasing attention in developing novel cancer therapies with potential clinical utility but …