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View article: Biodegradation of carbon materials by environmental peroxidases depends on the type of allotropic form
Biodegradation of carbon materials by environmental peroxidases depends on the type of allotropic form Open
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View article: RNA Delivery Using a Graphene Oxide-Polyethylenimine Hybrid Inhibiting Myotube Differentiation
RNA Delivery Using a Graphene Oxide-Polyethylenimine Hybrid Inhibiting Myotube Differentiation Open
Graphene oxide (GO) conjugated with short polyethylenimine (PEI) chains (GO-PEI) has been designed as a candidate nanocarrier for small interfering RNA (siRNA) delivery to mammalian cells based on the efficient interaction between the posi…
View article: A Biodegradable 2D Metallic MoS<sub>2</sub> Genesheet for Synergistic NIR‐II Photothermal Immunotherapy
A Biodegradable 2D Metallic MoS<sub>2</sub> Genesheet for Synergistic NIR‐II Photothermal Immunotherapy Open
Developing promising biodegradable second near‐infrared (NIR‐II) immune agonists to overcome the insufficient immunogenicity of tumor cells and the poor immune response remains challenging. In this work, a biodegradable “2D genesheet” is e…
View article: Polyglycerol‐Grafted Graphene Oxide with pH‐Responsive Charge‐Convertible Surface to Dynamically Control the Nanobiointeractions for Enhanced in Vivo Tumor Internalization
Polyglycerol‐Grafted Graphene Oxide with pH‐Responsive Charge‐Convertible Surface to Dynamically Control the Nanobiointeractions for Enhanced in Vivo Tumor Internalization Open
pH‐responsive charge‐convertible nanomaterials (NMs) ameliorate the treatment of cancer via simultaneously reducing nonspecific interactions during systemic circulation and improving targeted uptake within solid tumors. While promising, li…
View article: Correction: Adragna et al. State-of-the-Art Power Factor Correction: An Industry Perspective. Encyclopedia 2024, 4, 1324–1354
Correction: Adragna et al. State-of-the-Art Power Factor Correction: An Industry Perspective. Encyclopedia 2024, 4, 1324–1354 Open
The authors would like to make the following corrections to the originally published paper [...]
View article: Safety Assessment of Graphene‐Based Materials
Safety Assessment of Graphene‐Based Materials Open
Graphene is the first 2D atomic crystal, and its isolation heralded a new era in materials science with the emergence of several other atomically thin materials displaying multifunctional properties. The safety assessment of new materials …
View article: Graphene-based materials are not skin sensitizers: adoption of the <i>in chemico</i> / <i>in vitro</i> OECD test guidelines
Graphene-based materials are not skin sensitizers: adoption of the <i>in chemico</i> / <i>in vitro</i> OECD test guidelines Open
Graphene-based materials skin sensitization property was evaluated through the adoptable OECD test guidelines: OECD TG 442D and E indicate that they are not skin sensitizers. Image created in BioRender. Pelin, M. (2025) https://BioRender.c…
View article: Carbon and 2D nanomaterial smart hydrogels for therapeutic applications
Carbon and 2D nanomaterial smart hydrogels for therapeutic applications Open
Smart hydrogels, also known as environmentally responsive hydrogels, are a kind of intelligent polymer-based material network undergoing deformation and phase changes under external environmental stimuli. These special physicochemical prop…
View article: Graphene Oxide as a Self‐Carbocatalyst to Facilitate the Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Glycidol for Efficient Polyglycerol Grafting
Graphene Oxide as a Self‐Carbocatalyst to Facilitate the Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Glycidol for Efficient Polyglycerol Grafting Open
Grafting carbon‐based nanomaterials (CNMs) with polyglycerol (PG) improves their application potentials in biomedicine and electronics. Although “grafting from” method offers advantages over “grafting to” one in terms of operability and ve…
View article: Biocompatibility of Water‐Dispersible Pristine Graphene and Graphene Oxide Using a Close‐to‐Human Animal Model: A Pilot Study on Swine
Biocompatibility of Water‐Dispersible Pristine Graphene and Graphene Oxide Using a Close‐to‐Human Animal Model: A Pilot Study on Swine Open
Graphene‐based materials (GBMs) are of considerable interest for biomedical applications, and the pilot study on the toxicological and immunological impact of pristine graphene (GR) and graphene oxide (GO) using swine as a close‐to‐human p…
View article: Size and crystallinity effects on enzymatic activity and anti-inflammatory properties of cysteine-assisted Prussian blue nanozymes
Size and crystallinity effects on enzymatic activity and anti-inflammatory properties of cysteine-assisted Prussian blue nanozymes Open
Prussian blue nanoparticles (PB NPs) exhibit multiple enzymatic activities, such as superoxide dismutase-like, catalase-like, and peroxidase-like activities, which enable them to effectively scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS) and demon…
View article: State-of-the-Art Power Factor Correction: An Industry Perspective
State-of-the-Art Power Factor Correction: An Industry Perspective Open
On 1 January 2001, the IEC 61000-3-2 regulation became effective. Since then, mitigating current harmonics has been essential to ensure that electronic equipment connected to single-phase power distribution lines conforms to electromagneti…
View article: Carbon Dot Synthesis and Purification: Trends, Challenges and Recommendations
Carbon Dot Synthesis and Purification: Trends, Challenges and Recommendations Open
Carbon dots (CDs) have rapidly emerged as a new family of carbon‐based nanomaterials since their initial discovery two decades ago. Numerous appealing properties, such as precursor and synthesis process flexibility, tunable photoluminescen…
View article: Carbon Dot Synthesis and Purification: Trends, Challenges and Recommendations
Carbon Dot Synthesis and Purification: Trends, Challenges and Recommendations Open
Carbon dots (CDs) have rapidly emerged as a new family of carbon‐based nanomaterials since their initial discovery two decades ago. Numerous appealing properties, such as precursor and synthesis process flexibility, tunable photoluminescen…
View article: Photocrosslinked Co‐Assembled Amino Acid Nanoparticles for Controlled Chemo/Photothermal Combined Anticancer Therapy
Photocrosslinked Co‐Assembled Amino Acid Nanoparticles for Controlled Chemo/Photothermal Combined Anticancer Therapy Open
Small 2023, 19, 2307337 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202307337 In the published paper, there is an error in the amount of the nanoparticle injected dose, in section 2.10 In Vivo Combined Anticancer Therapy. The corrected version of text is: "Tumour-b…
View article: Cellular Impact and Biodegradability of S‐ and N‐Doped Graphene Quantum Dots on Human Monocytes and Macrophages
Cellular Impact and Biodegradability of S‐ and N‐Doped Graphene Quantum Dots on Human Monocytes and Macrophages Open
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs), small graphene domains with lateral dimensions lower than 10 nm, are increasingly used in electronics, composites, and biomedicine. Chemical doping of GQDs allows tuning their optical properties. Immune cells …
View article: Biocompatible 2D Materials via Liquid Phase Exfoliation
Biocompatible 2D Materials via Liquid Phase Exfoliation Open
2D materials (2DMs), such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), and black phosphorus (BP), have been proposed for different types of bioapplications, owing to their unique physicochemical, electrical, optical, and mechanica…
View article: Celebrating Maurizio Prato's Passion, Talent and Imagination
Celebrating Maurizio Prato's Passion, Talent and Imagination Open
This Editorial introduces a Special Collection of papers dedicated to Maurizio Prato, featuring prominent examples of his team's efforts to integrate complex frontier research with pioneering achievements in the field of carbon nanostructu…
View article: Structural Transformation of Coassembled Fmoc-Protected Aromatic Amino Acids to Nanoparticles
Structural Transformation of Coassembled Fmoc-Protected Aromatic Amino Acids to Nanoparticles Open
Materials made of assembled biomolecules such as amino acids have drawn much attention during the past decades. Nevertheless, research on the relationship between the chemical structure of building block molecules, supramolecular interacti…