Materials with tunable optical properties for wearable epidermal sensing in health monitoring

F Han, T Wang, G Liu, H Liu, X Xie, Z Wei… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in wearable epidermal sensors have revolutionized the way that physiological
signals are captured and measured for health monitoring. One major challenge is to convert …

Size-tunable strategies for a tumor targeted drug delivery system

W Yu, R Liu, Y Zhou, H Gao - ACS central science, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticles have been widely used in tumor targeted drug delivery, while the antitumor
effects are not always satisfactory due to the limited penetration and retention. As we all …

Smart transformable nanoparticles for enhanced tumor theranostics

J Chen, Z Jiang, YS Zhang, J Ding, X Chen - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The physical morphologies of nanoparticles, especially size and shape, always significantly
influence their biological behaviors. In the past, nanoparticles with constant physical …

Surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization: state-of-the-art, opportunities, and challenges in surface and interface engineering with polymer brushes

JO Zoppe, NC Ataman, P Mocny, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The generation of polymer brushes by surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-
CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical …

Synthesis, assembly, optical properties, and sensing applications of plasmonic gap nanostructures

JM Kim, C Lee, Y Lee, J Lee, SJ Park… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plasmonic gap nanostructures (PGNs) have been extensively investigated mainly because
of their strongly enhanced optical responses, which stem from the high intensity of the …

Novel nanohybrid biocatalyst: application in the kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols

WS Galvão, BB Pinheiro, LRB Golçalves… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - Springer
In this work, a nanohybrid material was developed and used for the first time to the kinetic
resolution of secondary alcohols as rac-indanol, rac-1-phenylethanol (rac-1), rac-1-(3 …

Injectable, NIR/pH-responsive nanocomposite hydrogel as long-acting implant for chemophotothermal synergistic cancer therapy

X Xu, Z Huang, Z Huang, X Zhang, S He… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
In this study, gold nanorods (GNRs) were incorporated into the hydrogel networks formed by
the copolymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAm) and methacrylated poly-β …

Thermoresponsive gels

MJ Taylor, P Tomlins, TS Sahota - Gels, 2017 - mdpi.com
Thermoresponsive gelling materials constructed from natural and synthetic polymers can be
used to provide triggered action and therefore customised products such as drug delivery …

Enzyme-responsive food packaging system based on pectin-coated poly (lactic acid) nanofiber films for controlled release of thymol

T Min, L Zhou, X Sun, H Du, X Bian, Z Zhu… - Food Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Foodborne diseases caused by foodborne pathogens lead to serious harm to food safety
and human health. This work fabricated an enzyme-responsive packaging film based on …

Gain an advantage from both sides: Smart size-shrinkable drug delivery nanosystems for high accumulation and deep penetration

S Bai, Y Zhang, D Li, X Shi, G Lin, G Liu - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
The first generation of nanomedicine exhibits superior performance in the clinical treatment
of various cancers compared to free conventional anticancer therapeutics. However, poor …