Themed collection Recent Review Articles

Recent advancements pertaining to the applications of vault, viral, and virus-like NPs in targeted cancer therapy are deliberated, focusing on challenges and perspectives.

This perspective examines lithium morphology in solid and gel polymer electrolytes, highlighting the importance of current density and mechanical properties in controlling Li morphology, and noting limitations in understanding the solid electrolyte interphase in polymer systems.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) combined with metal organic frameworks (MOFs) addresses current obstacles.

Quantum chemical simulations have shed light on the complex photochemical processes occurring within metal–organic frameworks. This perspective explores the computational techniques used to describe the excited states of MOFs, considering molecular, periodic, and embedding models.

Revolutionizing cancer management: point-of-care sensing systems in perspective.

This perspective highlights the potentiality for co-precipitation and mechanosynthesis to produce massively layered double hydroxides for disruptive applications providing several gaps are addressed, notably the control of the particle agglomeration.

The connection of metal organic cages (MOCs) via coordination driven bonds, covalent bonds or mechanical bonds yields functional materials at the interface between solid and liquid states with potential applications in CO₂ remediation.

This perspective aims to shed light on the significant biomedical applications of MXene-based wearable supercapacitors and their transformative impact on healthcare.

The advent of microfluidic and microfabrication technologies provides vast opportunities for the rational design of colloidal materials and interfaces.

Schematic diagram: The history and advances of glass ionomer cement (GIC).

Metal- and metal oxide-carbohydrate polymers are considered a promising tool for electrochemical detection of biological analytes and water pollutants.

MXenes and their hybrid materials, with good physicochemical traits, have exhibited excellent performance across numerous applications.

Zr-MOFs, known for stability, low cytotoxicity and high drug-loading capacity; have been thoroughly investigated for biomedical uses. This article reviews the various synthetic methods and recent biomedical applications of important Zr-based MOFs.

The future of renewable energy and sustainable transportation depends on advanced energy storage technologies.

This review summarizes the progress on the basic understanding and applications of volume transport of protons in fluorite and pyrochlore oxides, and discusses the present problems and challenges ahead.

Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are promising electrocatalysts in the splitting of water and the production of hydrogen.

Graphene and GBNs offer diverse PD management modalities by targeting neurodegeneration, exerting regenerative properties and their use as carriers, biosensors, and imaging agents.

Cancer is a major pharmaceutical challenge that necessitates improved care.

Chitosan/metal–organic frameworks (CS/MOFs) are versatile materials fabricated by conjugating the chitosan (CS) material with metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). The CS/MOFs exhibit diverse applications in biomedical, energy and environmental applications due to higher porosity and surface area.

Comparison of power density as a function of energy density for supercapacitors based on Ni-materials/carbon nanocomposites and keyword analysis of Ni material-based supercapacitors using VOSviewer.

This review provides an overview of different piezoelectric materials and the latest studies regarding piezoelectrically mediated organic synthesis, polymerization/crosslinking, water splitting, and water remediation.

This review introduces machine learning into imaging, sensing, and cancer therapy for CDs, demonstrating the great potential for ML to accelerate developments in materials science and provide new insight into the biological application field.

This review presents the development of solution-processed layer-by-layer (LBL) deposition as a promising technique for the fabrication of organic solar cells using fullerene/fullerene-free acceptors.

Injectable hydrogels have the potential to revolutionize therapeutics.

Graphical abstract of the review article, which offers a fresh perspective on the utilization of Ti₃C₂T_x MXene in gas sensing applications, including experimental as well as theoretical aspects.

Machine learning techniques for the development of neuromorphic materials for bioengineering solutions by developing energy-efficient hardware, enhancing neuron models, and learning algorithms.

Antimony chalcogenides (Sb₂X₃, X = S and Se) are intriguing materials for flexible/wearable, lightweight, and tandem photovoltaic devices. This work highlights the deep-level defect engineering strategies for Sb₂X₃ thin-film solar cells.

The properties and applications of GelMA bioinks in 3D bioprinting.

The pressing problem of climate change on account of anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions underlines the necessity for carbon capture and utilisation technologies.

This review highlights the reproducibility challenges related with HAp-based biomaterials production processes for 3D printing, with a focus on continuous production as an alternative to bridge the gap between research and industrial/clinical use.

This paper summarizes the classification of respiratory diseases and gels, and focuses on the application of gels in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases.

This review provides a summary of current research in topological material-based photodetectors. Challenges and perspectives on these emerging photodetectors are also discussed, providing a foundation for further exploration of their great potential.

Targeted nanoparticles can be used to treat ischemic stroke by targeting the complex pathological mechanism of ischemic stroke and the blood–brain barrier that is difficult to penetrate by most traditional drugs.

Schiff base-containing metal complexes can be used in fabrication of electrical conductivity-based photosensitive switching devices. Comprehensive research in this field can be significantly beneficial for the electronic industry.

The use of zinc-based MOFs in a variety of cancer treatments was comprehensively reviewed. The advantages and disadvantages, as well as the application prospects in the future, are also discussed.

Metal sulfide nanoparticles (MSNs) have attracted significant attention due to their unique optical, electronic, and catalytic properties.

A review discussing aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS), their utility, and many different approaches for stabilizing their water/water (w/w) emulsions.

Bridging the properties of MOFs and graphene and the development of MOF–graphene composite materials has the potential to extend their usage in supercapacitors and serve as a valuable resource for further investigation.

Quantum dots are novel nanomaterials due to their nanoscale size and diverse characteristics. They serve as low-cost visual sensors, widely studied for sensing applications, including ratiometric combinations, to enhance the limit of detection.

Incorporation of polymers represents a viable new strategy to solve the major challenges related to metal halide perovskite materials in view of future commercialization.

This review article covers the synthesis, properties, and applications of graphene quantum dots, with a particular emphasis on their use in water treatment research and potential future outcomes.

Nanoworms demonstrate remarkable potential as versatile nanocarriers, delivering therapeutic agents precisely to target sites, enabling accurate disease diagnosis, and advancing personalized medicine.

This paper starts with lithium-ion battery thermal management using a liquid-cooled BTMS. It then reviews recent design improvements for liquid-cooled systems, covering cooling liquid, system structure, and hybrid setups. These insights enhance lithium-ion battery cooling system optimization.

For present-day technological advancements, the MXene family is a highly investigated material in the family of van der Waals heterostructures.

Spectral CT imaging (multi-energy detection) is a promising imaging technique that can benefit from the use of high atomic number (high-Z) based nanoparticles (NPs) as contrast agents.

Efficacy of cellulose acetate-based membranes for wastewater treatment has been critically evaluated. With the aim to improve efficiency, future prospects and research direction of CA based membranes are also discussed in the review.

This review presented an overview of carbohydrate-based (Glu, Gal, GlcNAc, Rib, Ara) gelators as new materials and their potential applications in various emerging fields such as drug delivery, environmental remediation, antibacterial agents, tissue engineering, thixotropy and wound healing etc.

The present review summarizes the development of plant derived CQDs, synthesis methods, modification strategies, characterization techniques, properties, and application of CQDs for advanced bio-imaging.

An overview of nanobioceramics-reinforced chitosan combined with cells and growth factors for bone tissue engineering applications.

Nowadays, there is a rising urge to develop and implement cheaper, abundant, and environmentally friendly semiconducting materials into practical devices.

This review suggests an alternative quantitative framework for developing and establishing the relationship between doping and photoelectrochemical energy conversion in TiO₂ based devices.

Silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) are of great interest because they are believed to be harmless to living organisms, mainly due to their low toxicity.

B₄C–SiC composite ceramics exhibit a combination of the desirable performance of B₄C and SiC, making them a better candidate material for engineering applications as structural ceramic materials.

This review article summarises and discusses the recent developments in different biomedical applications of electrospun chitosan nanofibers.

This review aims to provide an overview of nanoparticles for diabetes mellitus therapy. It explores the properties, synthesis and/or functionalization, mechanistic aspects, and therapeutics for diabetes and its complications.

This review discusses a key issue, namely scalable production, in industrial translation of microscopic particles-based drug delivery systems.

This review article highlights recent trends and advances in conducting polymer-carbon nanomaterial nanocomposites for energy storage applications. The key factors influencing the energy storage performance have been discussed.

This review showcases how 2D nanomaterial-based aerogels can be integrated with PCMs, marking a milestone in interdisciplinary research. It covers the latest breakthroughs in aerogel fabrication and their potential applications in composite PCMs.

Graphene, being a two-dimensional all-aromatic sheet bonded with sp² carbon atoms, has attracted much attention due to its excellent physicochemical properties like a large surface area, good electrical conductivity, and high thermal and chemical stability.

Nanotechnology based therapeutic approaches are a promising strategy to target biofilm-related infections caused by ESKAPE pathogens.

This review summarizes and discusses the representative fabrication methods and related CDI performance metrics for fabricating freestanding/binder-free CDI electrodes. The remaining challenges and future outlooks are also discussed and emphasized.

Bioadhesives are highly biocompatible and biodegradable polymers, which are used to join two surfaces where at least one of them is a living tissue.

Multidimensional therapeutic applications of nanotechnology for combating of chronic diseases such as cancer, COVID-19, and HIV/AIDS.

Calcium ion batteries have been increasingly explored as an alternative energy storage system as industry begins to manoeuvre towards an age of ‘Beyond lithium’ research and development.

Several strategies are presented to enhance the performance of graphene-based solar cells. These strategies include chemical doping, incorporation of an interlayer, and controlling the reflectivity with an antireflection layer.

A memristor is a promising synaptic device for neuromorphic computing. This review article encompasses various instrumental characterization methods which enhance a fundamental understanding of the switching and reliability mechanisms of memristors.

Schematic representation of the green synthesized silver nanoparticles, its types, mode of delivery and several biological applications.

The present review article sheds light on the fabrication of heterogeneous metal oxide-supported nanostructure-based catalysts for boosting industrially significant oxidation processes.

Recently, bubble-propelled micro/nanomotors have been considered as the cutting-edge micro/nano-sensing tools that use their unique features for fast detection of various hazardous environmental pollutants and biosensing.

Biofilm-mediated wastewater remediation has been developed as one of the most promising, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly technology as it breaks down contaminants via biotransformation, bioaccumulation, biomineralization, and biosorption.