Phase change thermal storage materials for interdisciplinary applications

G Wang, Z Tang, Y Gao, P Liu, Y Li, A Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Functional phase change materials (PCMs) capable of reversibly storing and releasing
tremendous thermal energy during the isothermal phase change process have recently …

The protein corona from nanomedicine to environmental science

M Mahmoudi, MP Landry, A Moore… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
The protein corona spontaneously develops and evolves on the surface of nanoscale
materials when they are exposed to biological environments, altering their physiochemical …

Enantiomer-dependent immunological response to chiral nanoparticles

L Xu, X Wang, W Wang, M Sun, WJ Choi, JY Kim… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

The exit of nanoparticles from solid tumours

LNM Nguyen, ZP Lin, S Sindhwani, P MacMillan… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Nanoparticles enter tumours through endothelial cells, gaps or other mechanisms, but how
they exit is unclear. The current paradigm states that collapsed tumour lymphatic vessels …

To PEGylate or not to PEGylate: Immunological properties of nanomedicine's most popular component, polyethylene glycol and its alternatives

D Shi, D Beasock, A Fessler, J Szebeni… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polyethylene glycol or PEG has a long history of use in medicine. Many conventional
formulations utilize PEG as either an active ingredient or an excipient. PEG found its use in …

Effects of polyethylene glycol on the surface of nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery

L Shi, J Zhang, M Zhao, S Tang, X Cheng, W Zhang… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The rapid development of drug nanocarriers has benefited from the surface hydrophilic
polymers of particles, which has improved the pharmacokinetics of the drugs. Polyethylene …

Size-Dependent In Vivo Transport of Nanoparticles: Implications for Delivery, Targeting, and Clearance

M Xu, Y Qi, G Liu, Y Song, X Jiang, B Du - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding the in vivo transport of nanoparticles provides guidelines for designing
nanomedicines with higher efficacy and fewer side effects. Among many factors, the size of …

Chemical and biophysical signatures of the protein corona in nanomedicine

J Ren, N Andrikopoulos, K Velonia… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
An inconvenient hurdle in the practice of nanomedicine is the protein corona, a spontaneous
collection of biomolecular species by nanoparticles in living systems. The protein corona is …

Nanozyme for tumor therapy: Surface modification matters

G Tang, J He, J Liu, X Yan, K Fan - Exploration, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As the next generation of artificial enzymes, nanozymes have shown unique properties
compared to its natural counterparts, such as stability in harsh environment, low cost, and …

High-performance self-cascade pyrite nanozymes for apoptosis–ferroptosis synergistic tumor therapy

X Meng, D Li, L Chen, H He, Q Wang, C Hong, J He… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As next-generation artificial enzymes, nanozymes have shown great promise for tumor
catalytic therapy. In particular, their peroxidase-like activity has been employed to catalyze …