Directly-Patternable Bi2O3 Nanoparticle for Polymer Nanocomposite Capacitor

Nanocomposite Hydrogels: 3D Polymer-Nanoparticle Synergies for On-Demand Drug Delivery.

Considerable progress in the synthesis and technology of hydrogels makes these materials attractive structures for designing controlled-release drug delivery systems. In particular, this review highlights the latest advances in nanocomposite hydrogels as drug delivery vehicles. The inclusion/incorporation of nanoparticles in three-dimensional polymeric structures is an innovative means for obta...

Modified Polyethylenimine: Self Assemble Nanoparticle Forming Polymer for pDNA Delivery

Objective Polyethylenimine (PEI), a readily available synthetic polycation which has high transfection efficiency owing to its buffering capacity was introduced for transfection a few years ago. But it has been reported that PEI is cytotoxic in many cell lines. In this study, in order to enhance the transfection efficiency of 10 kDa PEI and reduce its toxicity, hydrophobic residues were grafte...

Free-standing, patternable nanoparticle/polymer monolayer arrays formed by evaporation induced self-assembly at a fluid interface.

Ordered nanoparticle (NP) monolayers are of fundamental interest as 2D artificial solids in which electronic, magnetic, and optical properties can be tuned through electron charging and quantum confinement of individual NPs mediated by coupling interactions with neighboring NPs.1,2 They are also of technological interest for a diverse range of applications including photovoltaics,3 sensors,4 ca...

Polymer Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Water Purification

Polymer nanocomposite films with extremely high nanoparticle loadings via capillary rise infiltration (CaRI).

Polymer nanocomposite films (PNCFs) with extremely high concentrations of nanoparticles are important components in energy storage and conversion devices and also find use as protective coatings in various applications. PNCFs with high loadings of nanoparticles, however, are difficult to prepare because of the poor processability of polymer-nanoparticle mixtures with high concentrations of nano...