Metal corrosion causes huge economic losses, environmental pollution and industrial
disasters. Application of smart self-healing coatings for the active corrosion protection of …

The use of fragrances is often essential to create an elegant, welcoming, or exhilarating
environment. Through encapsulation, the release and delivery of fragrances are customized …

Flavors and fragrances in special active materials are applied widely in daily life, which can
bring pleasant olfactory and gustatory sensations. However, their many ingredients are …

New drug-delivery systems have remained a challenge for pharmaceutical scientists due to
the use of expensive polymers and the low loading capacity of prepared nanoparticles …

The active ingredients of eupatorium adenophora spreng (AIEAS) as botanical herbicide
were first loaded in halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) with the amount of 7.26 wt%, and then the …

By the virtue of their olfactory, physicochemical, and biological characteristics, essential oils
(EOs) have drawn wide attention as additives in daily chemicals like perfume or personal …

Commercial herbicide atrazine (AT) was first loaded into the lumen of halloysite nanotubes
(HNTs) in the amount of 9 wt%, and then the AT-loaded HNTs (HNTs-AT) were further …

The development of sturdy enzyme-containing hydrophilic coatings is important for
applications such as water purification or biological sensing. Here, we investigate the …

We report that hydrotalcite-like LDHs ([Mg-Al]-LDHs) can act as host matrixes for controlled
release of phosphate. The memory effect was successfully employed to incorporate high …

Smart self-healing coatings offer a revolutionary approach to mitigating metal corrosion, a
problem with significant economic and environmental impacts. Divided into intrinsic and …