☆ 4.8 Article

Messenger Materials Moving Forward: The Role of Functional Polymer Architectures as Enablers for Dynamic Nano-to-Macro Messaging

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2023)

Related references

Note: Only part of the references are listed.

Article Polymer Science

Spatially Resolving Polymer Brush Conformation: Opportunities Ahead

Quinn A. Besford et al.

Summary: Surfaces that respond to local environmental stimuli offer intriguing possibilities for new surface-based sensing concepts to emerge. The importance of developing methods for spatially resolving chain conformation is discussed, which can lead to new understandings of surface contact.

MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS (2023)

Add to Collection

Review Chemistry, Physical

From microfluidics to hierarchical hydrogel materials

Niclas Weigel et al.

Summary: Over the past two decades, microfluidics has played a significant role in the design and fabrication of nano-, micro-, and mesoscale materials such as nanoparticles, micelles, vesicles, emulsion droplets, and microgels. Microfluidics offers precise control over material parameters and has contributed to understanding the early stages of material design, nucleation, and growth processes. Recent advancements in microfluidic techniques have expanded hydrogel design to incorporate multiple functions and produce hierarchical structures, enabling applications in sensing, 3D bioprinting, continuous fabrication, and shaping via microchannels.

CURRENT OPINION IN COLLOID & INTERFACE SCIENCE (2023)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Autonomous Soft Robots Empowered by Chemical Reaction Networks

Giorgio Fusi et al.

Summary: Hydrogel actuators play an important role in designing stimuli-sensitive soft robots by generating mechanical motion through compartmentalized swelling and shrinking in response to a stimulus. By coupling an autonomously operating pH-flip with programmable lifetimes in a hydrogel system, autonomous motion and complex tasks can be achieved.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2023)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Mechanofluorescent Polymer Brush Surfaces that Spatially Resolve Surface Solvation

Quinn A. Besford et al.

Summary: This study reports on ultrathin polymer brush surfaces integrated with single fluorophores, which exhibit changing fluorescence properties based on polymer conformation. Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy is used to reveal spatial details on polymer brush conformational transitions across complex interfaces and enables high-resolution surface-based sensing of stimuli-induced phase transitions of polymer brushes.

ACS NANO (2022)

Add to Collection

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Smart Materials for Microrobots

Fernando Soto et al.

Summary: In the past 15 years, the field of microrobotics has experienced explosive growth, and smart materials have played a crucial role. The future efforts in microrobotics will focus on propulsion and biocompatibility, cooperation between individual units and human operators, and intelligence.

CHEMICAL REVIEWS (2022)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Nanostructured Temperature Indicator for Cold Chain Logistics

Anastasiya Navrotskaya et al.

Summary: A nanostructured solvatochromic temperature indicator decorated with carbon dots has been developed to monitor temperature changes within a broad low-temperature range. The indicator covers a wide temperature range and possesses characteristics such as cost-efficiency, portability, photostability, and thermostability.

ACS NANO (2022)

Add to Collection

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Luminescent Surface-Tethered Polymer Brush Materials

Jade Poisson et al.

Summary: Surface-tethered polymers are unique molecular architectures that have important applications in advanced sensors, electronics, and biomedical fields. The incorporation of luminescent functionality has opened up new characterization methods and applications in optoelectronics, stenography, and sensing. Recent advances in micron-scale photolithography techniques have allowed for the preparation of high-resolution patterns and unique photophysical properties.

CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL (2022)

Add to Collection

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Molecular Transport within Polymer Brushes: A FRET View at Aqueous Interfaces

Quinn A. Besford et al.

Summary: This article introduces a brush system for studying molecular transport from droplets to external polymer brushes. The study finds that molecular transport is influenced by relative humidity.

MOLECULES (2022)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Magnetic Alignment for Plasmonic Control of Gold Nanorods Coated with Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

Mehedi H. Rizvi et al.

Summary: This work investigates the properties and alignment effects of controllable gold nanorods in magnetic fields. Cationic polyethyleneimine-functionalized superparamagnetic nanoparticles are deposited on the surface of gold nanorods, and the magnetic alignment of nanorods is achieved by magnetic dipolar interactions. The experimental results demonstrate the potential for rotational manipulation of these nanorods in rotating magnetic fields. This research has important implications for further developments in nanophotonics applications.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2022)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Wearable Hybrid Device Capable of Interactive Perception with Pressure Sensing and Visualization (Adv. Funct. Mater. 44/2022)

Yunjian Guo et al.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2022)

Add to Collection

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Integrating Nanosensors into Macroporous Hydrogels for Implantation

Katja Buder et al.

Summary: Macroporous hydrogels serve as an attractive platform for implantable sensors due to their ability to facilitate tissue integration. This study demonstrates the integration of nanosensors into a macroporous hydrogel, while maintaining their functionality, to produce implantable sensors. The poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-poly(ethylene glycole)diacrylate copolymer (pHEMA-PEGDA) is identified as a suitable polymer for this system.

ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS (2022)

Add to Collection

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Prevent or Cure-The Unprecedented Need for Self-Reporting Materials

Christina M. Geiselhart et al.

Summary: Self-reporting smart materials are crucial in reporting system changes and precise locations, especially in preventing the spread of viruses or bacteria, as highlighted by the recent SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2021)

Add to Collection

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Recent Advances in Polymeric Nanoparticles for Enhanced Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Imaging

Sing Yee Ong et al.

Summary: This review discusses the recent advances in the use of polymeric nanoparticles for fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging, focusing on strategies for enhanced bioimaging applications such as encapsulating dyes and doping ions. Limitations in current systems are highlighted, along with potential solutions. Critical considerations for the design of polymeric NPs for future bioimaging and sensing applications are also discussed.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2021)

Add to Collection

Review Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Plasmonic Properties of Colloidal Assemblies

Christian Rossner et al.

Summary: This article introduces the optical properties of metal supracolloidal structures and their applications, discussing simulation methods for predicting and understanding the properties of metal supracolloidal clusters, as well as preparative strategies based on synthetic polymers.

ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS (2021)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

FRET-Integrated Polymer Brushes for Spatially Resolved Sensing of Changes in Polymer Conformation

Quinn A. Besford et al.

Summary: Polymer brush surfaces that can alter their physical properties in response to chemical stimuli have potential as new surface-based sensing materials. This study reports on ultrathin polymer brush surfaces integrated with FRET technology for optical sensing of changes in liquid mixture compositions, with high spatial resolution. The sensitivity and real-time sensing capabilities of these brush surfaces make them promising for enhanced surface-based sensing at complex interfaces.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2021)

Add to Collection

Article Biophysics

Enzyme-free amplified detection of cellular microRNA by light-harvesting fluorescent nanoparticle probes

Sylvie Egloff et al.

Summary: The research has developed a one-step enzyme-free method for microRNA detection in cellular extracts using nanoparticle biosensors, providing high sensitivity and specificity. The experimental results confirmed overexpression of microRNAs in cancer cell lines.

BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS (2021)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Implantable Sensors Based on Gold Nanoparticles for Continuous Long-Term Concentration Monitoring in the Body

Katharina Kaefer et al.

Summary: This study demonstrates the potential of a hydrogel platform embedded with gold nanoparticles for long-term implanted biosensing. By noninvasively monitoring tissue drug concentrations, this technology has the ability to extend the lifespan of implanted sensors.

NANO LETTERS (2021)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Analytical

Non-Interventional and High-Precision Temperature Measurement Biochips for Long-Term Monitoring the Temperature Fluctuations of Individual Cells

Danhong Han et al.

Summary: This study presents a stable and high-precision temperature measurement chip for monitoring the temperature fluctuations of individual cells in response to external stimuli over a normal cell life cycle. The chip utilizes temperature sensors made of Pd-Cr thin-film thermocouples, a freestanding Si3N4 platform, and a dual-temperature control system, demonstrating the feasibility of detecting local temperature fluctuations of individual cells in different proliferation cycles. Future applications may include integrating this chip with other single-cell technologies for research on cellular heat-stress response.

BIOSENSORS-BASEL (2021)

Add to Collection

Article Polymer Science

One-Component DNA Mechanoprobes for Facile Mechanosensing in Photopolymerized Hydrogels and Elastomers

Guido Creusen et al.

Summary: This study introduces a one-component DNA mechanoprobe that can be easily polymerized into polymer networks for strain-induced fluorescence sensing. The system overcomes the limitations of classical multicomponent designs and can be used for the design of complex objects or even 3D printing.

ACS MACRO LETTERS (2021)

Add to Collection

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Tough Bioinspired Composites That Self-Report Damage

Tommaso Magrini et al.

Summary: This research has developed a novel composite material combining optical transparency, high fracture toughness, and damage-reporting capabilities through fluorescence color changes to signal damage. The study demonstrates that optical imaging techniques can be used for localized detection of damage in composite materials before fracture occurs.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2021)

Add to Collection

Review Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear

Surface functionalization - The way for advanced applications of smart materials

Karolina Wieszczycka et al.

Summary: This review discusses the latest innovations and trends in surface functionalization of various nanomaterials, focusing on smart materials fabrication protocols and challenges in improving their performance. Attention is given to the properties enhancement of polymer, silica, inorganic, and hybrid nanomaterials, as well as their potential applications in multiple fields.

COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS (2021)

Add to Collection

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

A mechanochromic donor-acceptor torsional spring

Maximilian Raisch et al.

Summary: By designing a mechanochromic donor-acceptor torsional spring, force-dependent red-shifted absorption and emission spectra can be achieved, allowing for sensing and measuring forces, as well as visualizing force distributions in materials.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Add to Collection

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Piezoelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting and Sensing Applications: Roadmap for Future Smart Materials

Susmriti Das Mahapatra et al.

Summary: Piezoelectric materials are known as smart materials for their ability to transduce mechanical pressure into electrical signals, and are extensively utilized in energy harvesting for their scalability and high-power densities. They have promising applications in wireless devices and self-powered sensors, but also face challenges.

ADVANCED SCIENCE (2021)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

In Pursuit of Zero 2.0: Recent Developments in Nonfouling Polymer Brushes for Immunoassays

Jacob T. Heggestad et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2020)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Light-Harvesting Nanoparticle Probes for FRET-Based Detection of Oligonucleotides with Single-Molecule Sensitivity

Nina Melnychuk et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2020)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Multicolor Tunable Polymeric Nanoparticle from the Tetraphenylethylene Cage for Temperature Sensing in Living Cells

Zhen Wang et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2020)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Cross-Linked Gold Nanoparticle Composite Membranes as Highly Sensitive Pressure Sensors

Hendrik Schlicke et al.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2020)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Ratiometric Nanoparticle Probe Based on FRET-Amplified Phosphorescence for Oxygen Sensing with Minimal Phototoxicity

Pichandi Ashokkumar et al.

SMALL (2020)

Add to Collection

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Polymeric nanoparticles based on CDs with photoreversible dual-color fluorescence modulation

Mengyu Deng et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C (2020)

Add to Collection

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Rational design of semiconducting polymer brushes as cancer theranostics

Zhen Yang et al.

MATERIALS HORIZONS (2020)

Add to Collection

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Modular Design of Programmable Mechanofluorescent DNA Hydrogels

Remi Merindol et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2019)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Nanobuffering of pH-Responsive Polymers: A Known but Sometimes Overlooked Phenomenon and Its Biological Applications

Wei Tao et al.

ACS NANO (2019)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Staged Surface Patterning and Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles Functionalized with End-Grafted Block Copolymer Ligands

Christian Rossner et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2019)

Add to Collection

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Mechanoresponsive Hydrogel Particles as a Platform for Three-Dimensional Force Sensing

Jens W. Neubauer et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2019)

Add to Collection

Article Polymer Science

Chain End-Functionalized Polymer Brushes with Switchable Fluorescence Response

Sinem Tas et al.

MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS (2019)

Add to Collection

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Proactively modulating mechanical behaviors of materials at multiscale for mechano-adaptable devices

Geng Chen et al.

CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS (2019)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

2D hybrid networks of gold nanoparticles: mechanoresponsive optical humidity sensors

Marco A. Squillaci et al.

NANOSCALE (2019)

Add to Collection

Article Polymer Science

Reversible Thermoresponsive Plasmonic Core-Satellite Nanostructures That Exhibit Both Expansion and Contraction (UCST and LCST)

Fei Han et al.

MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS (2018)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Thermoresponsive plasmonic core-satellite nanostructures with reversible, temperature sensitive optical properties

Fei Han et al.

NANOSCALE (2018)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Microcapsule-Containing Self-Reporting Polymers

Celine Calvino et al.

SMALL (2018)

Add to Collection

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Fabrication of Strain Gauges via Contact Printing: A Simple Route to Healthcare Sensors Based on Cross-Linked Gold Nanoparticles

Bendix Ketelsen et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2018)

Add to Collection

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Cobalt Phosphate Nanostructures for Non-Enzymatic Glucose Sensing at Physiological pH

Pietro Pacchin Tomanin et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2018)

Add to Collection

Article Polymer Science

Stimulus-Responsive Planet-Satellite Nanostructures as Colloidal Actuators: Reversible Contraction and Expansion of the Planet-Satellite Distance

Christian Rossner et al.

MACROMOLECULES (2017)

Add to Collection

Review Polymer Science

RAFT polymerization to form stimuli-responsive polymers

Graeme Moad

POLYMER CHEMISTRY (2017)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Resistive pressure sensors based on freestanding membranes of gold nanoparticles

Hendrik Schlicke et al.

NANOSCALE (2016)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Probing cell internalisation mechanics with polymer capsules

Xi Chen et al.

NANOSCALE (2016)

Add to Collection

Article Polymer Science

Effect of gold nanoparticle hydrophobicity on thermally induced color change of PNIPAM brush/gold nanoparticle hybrids

Stephanie Christau et al.

POLYMER (2016)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Analytical

Flow Field Penetration in Thin Nanoporous Polymer Films under Laminar Flow by Forster Resonance Energy Transfer Coupled with Total Internal Reflectance Fluorescence Microscopy

Huan Wang et al.

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (2015)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Physical

Thermoresponsive PDMAEMA Brushes: Effect of Gold Nanoparticle Deposition

Zuleyha Yenice et al.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B (2015)

Add to Collection

Article Polymer Science

Amphiphilic BODIPY-Based Photoswitchable Fluorescent Polymeric Nanoparticles for Rewritable Patterning and Dual-Color Cell Imaging

Jian Chen et al.

MACROMOLECULES (2015)

Add to Collection

Review Polymer Science

Molecule Motion at Polymer Brush Interfaces from Single-Molecule Experimental Perspectives

Shengqin Wang et al.

JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS (2014)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Brush/Gold Nanoparticle Hybrids: Effect of Grafting Density on the Particle Uptake and Distribution within Weak Polyelectrolyte Brushes

Stephanie Christau et al.

LANGMUIR (2014)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Analytical

Fluorogenic Quantum Dot-Gold Nanoparticle Assembly for Beta Secretase Inhibitor Screening in Live Cell

Youngseon Choi et al.

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (2012)

Add to Collection

Article Automation & Control Systems

Smart materials: a review of recent developments

Robert Bogue

ASSEMBLY AUTOMATION (2012)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Direct Correlation between Local Pressure and Fluorescence Output in Mechanoresponsive Polyelectrolyte Brushes

Johanna Buensow et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2011)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Physical

Fabrication of Photoswitchable and Thermotunable Multicolor Fluorescent Hybrid Silica Nanoparticles Coated with Dye-Labeled Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Brushes

Tao Wu et al.

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS (2009)

Add to Collection

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Noninvasive probing of the spatial organization of polymer chains in hydrogels using fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)

Hyun Joon Kong et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2007)

Add to Collection

© Peeref 2019-2024. All rights reserved.