Functional materials can be created with rational self-assembly of building blocks over a broad range of length scales, from small molecules and polymers to nanoparticles and nanowires. Northwestern ...
But, just “how far can we push self-assembly 1?” This question is ... single chains collapsed individually to form nanoparticles as the UPy moieties formed multiple hydrogen-bonded ...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most prevalent types of cancer and has a high mortality rate globally. Oral ...
The assembly of nanoparticles in polymer films is driven ... to access with the application of such approaches. Here, self-organization processes induced by the driving forces of nature, such ...
Colloids and Interfaces, Transport in porous/nonporous materials, Single-molecule microscopy, Separations, Biomolecules at interfaces, Surface modification by self-assembly, Heterogeneous ...
Synthesis and fabrication of functional and hybrid nanowires and nanoparticles; Using self-assembly or directed assembly techniques to integrate these nano-building blocks into ordered 2D and 3D ...
Illustration of gold nanoparticles self-assembling in different patterns, some forming clusters while others arrange themselves into flat layers. The sizes of the layers are also shown, demonstrating ...
Template-based methods utilize pre-formed nanostructures, such as mesoporous silica or polymer nanoparticles, as templates for the confinement and self-assembly of liquid crystal molecules. The liquid ...
The new nanoparticles, called LCB1-NPs and LCB3-NPs, are formed by repeats of three proteins, which are joined together ...
Short chains of amino acids can form drug delivery nanoparticles and boost the properties of potential medicines ...