The present review details a chronological description of the events that took place during
the development of mesoporous materials, their different synthetic routes and their use as …

The design of nanoparticles is critical for their efficient use in many applications ranging from
biomedicine to sensing and energy. While shape and size are responsible for the properties …

Chirality is a unifying structural metric of biological and abiological forms of matter. Over the
past decade, considerable clarity has been achieved in understanding the chemistry and …

Polymeric micelles are demonstrating high potential as nanomedicines capable of
controlling the distribution and function of loaded bioactive agents in the body, effectively …

Nanoparticles are currently used for cancer theranostics in the clinical field. Among
nanoparticles, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) attract much attention due to their usability and …

Several scientific areas have benefited significantly from the introduction of nanotechnology
and the respective evolution. This is especially noteworthy in the development of new drug …

Photoluminescence (PL) imaging has become a fundamental tool in disease diagnosis,
therapeutic evaluation, and surgical navigation applications. However, it remains a big …

Nanoplastics (NPs) are plastic particles with sizes ranging between 1 and 1000 nm,
exhibiting exceptional qualities such as large surface area, lightweight, durability; therefore …

It is widely known that microplastics are present everywhere and they pose certain risks to
the ecosystem and humans which are partly attributed to the leaching of additives and …

Due to the high surface: volume ratio and the extraordinary properties arising from the
nanoscale (optical, electric, magnetic, etc.), nanoparticles (NPs) are excellent candidates for …