Nanoparticle (NP) abrasives are components of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurries used to polish wafers of semiconducting materials such as silicon. The semiconductor industry is interested in understanding ...

Wrinkled mesoporous silica (WMS) has been shown to be a promising material for enzyme immobilization. The WMS possesses a unique wrinkled structure with conical shaped pores which radiate from the center to the surface ...

Disinfection during a root canal treatment is limited due to anatomical complexities. Better carrier systems of antimicrobial agents are needed to ensure efficient bacteria eradication. Block copolymer nanoparticles have ...

Renal clearable fluorescent gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have potential to become tumor imaging and drug delivery agents because of their minimized accumulation in the body. However, they cannot actively target tumor receptors ...

Nanoparticle based therapeutics have been proved to improve therapeutic efficacy and reduce the off-target toxicity. However, poor monodispersity and long term bioaccumulation toxicity have been the obstacles for the ...

Biomineralization is one of the nature-owned masteries that the organisms have exploited for millions of years to produce organic-inorganic hybrid materials with highly customized compositions, microstructures, morphologies ...

Cancer is one of the major causes of death worldwide and has motivated researchers to look for better and more promising treatments than surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. The use of chemo and radiation therapy ...

Stimuli responsive materials, also known as “smart” materials, are capable of altering their properties in a controllable fashion in response to external stimuli. While most reported smart materials are based on synthetic ...

Nanoparticles, upon their introduction, seemed to be the key to solving many issues surrounding human illness, however, poor control of nanoparticle size distribution, long-term bioaccumulation, and toxicity are obstacles ...

Carbon molecular sieve membranes (CMSMs) are a subclass of porous materials with the ability to perform molecular sieving. Controlling the jump lengths from one pore to another allows for enhanced permselectivity of such ...