The strategies involved in the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative disorders
are very complex and challenging due to the existence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), a …

This Review offers a comprehensive review of the colloidal synthesis, mechanistic
understanding, physicochemical properties, and applications of one-dimensional (1D) metal …

Bioprinting is the most convenient microfabrication method to create biomimetic three‐
dimensional (3D) cardiac tissue constructs, that can be used to regenerate damaged tissue …

Synthesis, characterization, and applications of colloidal nanoparticles have been a
prominent topic of current research interests within the last two decades. Available reports in …

Fundamental to all living organisms and living soft matter are emergent processes in which
the reorganization of individual constituents at the nanoscale drives group-level movements …

Gold nanorods have garnered a great deal of scientific interest because of their unique
optical properties, and they have the potential to greatly impact many areas of science and …

Highly stable gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) functionalized by bidentate N-heterocyclic
carbene (NHC) ligands have been synthesized by top-down and bottom-up approaches. A …

Strategies for in-liquid molecular detection via Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)
are currently based on chemically-driven aggregation or optical trapping of metal …

Stable aqueous dispersions of citrate-stabilized gold nanorods (cit-GNRs) have been
prepared in scalable fashion by surfactant exchange from cetyltrimethylammonium bromide …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with the loss of nerve
cells in the brain. The disease is affected by multifactorial pathways and leads to changes in …