Nanomaterials are popularly used in drug delivery, disease diagnosis and therapy. Among a
number of functionalized nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, peptide nanostructures …

This review summarizes the synthesis of gold (Au) and Au-based nanomaterials and their
recent advances of application in electrochemical small-molecule sensors, DNA sensors …

Self-assembly, which makes use of molecules rather than atomic units, offers a bottom-up
approach to the construction of new materials on multiple length scales.(1-9) By precisely …

Cell membranes with their selective permeability play important functions in the tight control
of molecular exchanges between the cytosol and the extracellular environment as the …

The formation of well-ordered nanostructures through self-assembly of diverse organic and
inorganic building blocks has drawn much attention owing to their potential applications in …

Efficient delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic molecules to the cells and tissues is a difficult
challenge. The cellular membrane is very effective in its role as a selectively permeable …

In the past decade, mammalian cells have increasingly encountered gold nanoparticles
(GNPs), owing to the active development of nanomedicine. 1− 3 GNPs have been more and …

Although chemotherapy has been known as a powerful medication for cancer treatment over
the years, there is an important necessity for designing a novel targeted drug delivery …

Owing to their size-related physical and chemical properties, nanoparticles (NPs) are not
only considered promising tools for various fundamental in vitro and in vivo studies, but also …

Nitrite is one of the abundant toxic components existing in the environment and is likely to
have a great potential to affect human health badly. For that reason, it has become crucial to …