The capacity to respond or adapt to environmental changes is an intrinsic property of living
systems that comprise highly-connected subcomponents communicating through chemical …

As the field of biomedical engineering has become more precise and sophisticated, the
demand for highly-functionalized biomaterials has risen. In particular, novel …

Within the field of nanotechnology, nanoparticles are one of the most prominent and
promising candidates for technological applications. Self-assembly of nanoparticles has …

Water is one of the essential enablers of life on earth. Beginning with the origin of the
earliest form of life in seawater, it has been central to the evolution of human civilizations …

Self-assembly of plasmonic nanoparticles offers a labour-and cost-efficient strategy for the
expansion of the library of plasmonic nanostructures with highly tunable, coupled optical …

With their unique sequence‐specific self‐assembly and their substrate recognition
properties, peptides play critical roles in controlling the biomineralization of inorganic …

A facile, cost-effective and sensitive colorimetric detection method for Pb2+ has been
developed by using glutathione functionalized gold nanoparticles (GSH-GNPs). The …

Colloidal gold solutions have been used for centuries in a wide variety of applications
including staining glass and in the colouring of ceramics. More recently, gold nanoparticles …

Reversible assembly of plasmonic nanoparticles can be used to modulate their structural,
electrical, and optical properties. Common and versatile tools in nanoparticle manipulation …

The significant advances in synthesis and functionalization have enabled the preparation of
high-quality nanoparticles that have found a plethora of successful applications. The unique …