Materials patterned with high‐aspect‐ratio nanostructures have features on similar length
scales to cellular components. These surfaces are an extreme topography on the cellular …

Gold nanoparticles have been used in biomedical applications since their first colloidal
syntheses more than three centuries ago. However, over the past two decades, their …

Coinage metals, such as Au, Ag, and Cu, have been important materials throughout
history.(1) Although in ancient cultures they were admired primarily for their ability to reflect …

This protocol provides an introduction to soft lithography—a collection of techniques based
on printing, molding and embossing with an elastomeric stamp. Soft lithography provides …

One of the most popular methods to fabricate biomedical microfluidic devices is by using a
soft-lithography technique. However, the fabrication of the moulds to produce microfluidic …

Inspired by the high photoconversion efficiency observed in natural light-harvesting systems,
the hierarchical organization of molecular building blocks has gained impetus in the past …

Considerable effort has been made to design, fabricate, and manipulate nanostructured
materials by innovative approaches. The precise control of nanoscale structures will pave …

In a society that increasingly relies on mobile electronics, demand is rapidly growing for both
primary and rechargeable batteries that power devices from cell phones to vehicles. Existing …

The two-volume Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry offers authoritative, centralized
information on a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field. User-friendly and high-quality …

Along with the search for new therapeutic agents, advanced formulation and fabrication of
drug carriers are required for better targeting, sensing, and responding to environmental …