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Smart colloidal photonic crystal sensors
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2024 Feb;324:103089. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2024.103089. Epub 2024 Jan 22.ABSTRACTSmart colloidal photonic crystals (PCs) with stimuli-responsive periodic micro/nano-structures, photonic bandgaps, and structural colors have shown unique advantages (high sensitivity, visual readout, wireless characteristics, etc.) in sensing by outputting diverse structural colors and reflection signals. In this review, smart PC sensors are summarized according to their fabrications, structures, sensing mechanisms, and applications. The fabrications of colloidal PCs are mainly by self-assembling the well-defined nanop...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - February 2, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Yang Hu Ziqiang Tian Dekun Ma Chenze Qi Dongpeng Yang Shaoming Huang Source Type: research

From fundamental insights to rational (bio)polymer nanocomposite design - Connecting the nanometer to meter scale
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2024 Feb;324:103076. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.103076. Epub 2023 Dec 31.ABSTRACTNanoparticle addition has the potential to make bioplastic use mainstream, as the resultant nanocomposite shows improved mechanical, barrier, and thermal properties. It is well established that the architecture and dynamics of the nanoparticle-polymer interphasial region, ∼ 1.5-9 nm from the nanoparticle surface, are crucial for nanocomposite characteristics. Yet, how these molecular phenomena translate to the bulk is still largely unknown. A multi-disciplinary and multi-scale vision is required to capture the full pi...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - February 1, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Ivanna Colijn Hanne M van der Kooij Karin Schro ën Source Type: research

Innovations in hydrogel-based manufacturing: A comprehensive review of direct ink writing technique for biomedical applications
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2024 Feb;324:103095. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2024.103095. Epub 2024 Jan 28.ABSTRACTDirect ink writing (DIW) stands as a pioneering additive manufacturing technique that holds transformative potential in the field of hydrogel fabrication. This innovative approach allows for the precise deposition of hydrogel inks layer by layer, creating complex three-dimensional structures with tailored shapes, sizes, and functionalities. By harnessing the versatility of hydrogels, DIW opens up possibilities for applications spanning from tissue engineering to soft robotics and wearable devices. This comprehensive rev...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - February 1, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Hossein Baniasadi Roozbeh Abidnejad Mahyar Fazeli Juha Lipponen Jukka Niskanen Eero Kontturi Jukka Sepp älä Orlando J Rojas Source Type: research

A comprehensive review on anticorrosive/antifouling superhydrophobic coatings: Fabrication, assessment, applications, challenges and future perspectives
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2024 Feb;324:103090. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2024.103090. Epub 2024 Jan 21.ABSTRACTSuperhydrophobicity (SHP) is an incredible phenomenon of extreme water repellency of surfaces ubiquitous in nature (E.g. lotus leaves, butterfly wings, taro leaves, mosquito eyes, water-strider legs, etc). Historically, surface exhibiting water contact angle (WCA) > 150° and contact angle hysteresis <10° is considered as SHP. The SHP surfaces garnered considerable attention in recent years due to their applications in anti-corrosion, anti-fouling, self-cleaning, oil-water separation, viscous drag reduction, anti...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - January 30, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: T P Rasitha Nanda Gopala Krishna B Anandkumar S C Vanithakumari John Philip Source Type: research

Zwitterions and betaines as highly soluble materials for sustainable corrosion protection: Interfacial chemistry and bonding with metal surfaces
This article details the advantages and disadvantages of utilizing zwitterions and betaines for sustainable corrosion protection.PMID:38281394 | DOI:10.1016/j.cis.2024.103091 (Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science)
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - January 28, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Chandrabhan Verma Shikha Dubey Ranjith Bose Akram Alfantazi Eno E Ebenso Kyong Yop Rhee Source Type: research

Stimuli-responsive biodegradable silica nanoparticles: From native structure designs to biological applications
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2024 Feb;324:103087. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2024.103087. Epub 2024 Jan 11.ABSTRACTDue to their inherent advantages, silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) have greatly potential applications as bioactive materials in biosensors/biomedicine. However, the long-term and nonspecific accumulation in healthy tissues may give rise to toxicity, thereby impeding their widespread clinical application. Hence, it is imperative and noteworthy to develop biodegradable and clearable SiNPs for biomedical purposes. Recently, the design of multi-stimuli responsive SiNPs to improve degradation efficiency under specific pathologi...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - January 26, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Qianhui Qi Qian Shen Jiaying Geng Weizhen An Qiong Wu Nan Wang Yu Zhang Xue Li Wei Wang Changmin Yu Lin Li Source Type: research

Surface and interface engineering of BiOCl nanomaterials and their photocatalytic applications
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2024 Feb;324:103088. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2024.103088. Epub 2024 Jan 14.ABSTRACTBiOCl materials have received much attention because of their unique optical and electrical properties. Still, their unsatisfactory catalytic performance has been troubling researchers, limiting the application of BiOCl-based photocatalysts. Therefore, many researchers have studied the adjustment of BiOCl-based materials to enhance photocatalytic efficiency. This review focuses on surface and interface engineering strategies for boosting the photocatalytic performance of BiOCl-based nanomaterials, including forming oxyg...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - January 20, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Shijie Wang Dongxue Song Lijun Liao Mingxia Li Zhenzi Li Wei Zhou Source Type: research

A review of high internal phase Pickering emulsions: Stabilization, rheology, and 3D printing application
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2024 Feb;324:103086. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2024.103086. Epub 2024 Jan 11.ABSTRACTHigh internal phase Pickering emulsion (HIPPE) is renowned for its exceptionally high-volume fraction of internal phase, leading to flocculated yet deformed emulsion droplets and unique rheological behaviors such as shear-thinning property, viscoelasticity, and thixotropic recovery. Alongside the inherent features of regular emulsion systems, such as large interfacial area and well-mixture of two immiscible liquids, the HIPPEs have been emerging as building blocks to construct three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds with custo...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - January 20, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Xiao He Qingye Lu Source Type: research

Mo-based MXenes: Synthesis, properties, and applications
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2024 Feb;324:103077. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.103077. Epub 2024 Jan 4.ABSTRACTTi-MXene allows a range of possibilities to tune their compositional stoichiometry due to their electronic and electrochemical properties. Other than conventionally explored Ti-MXene, there have been ample opportunities for the non-Ti-based MXenes, especially the emerging Mo-based MXenes. Mo-MXenes are established to be remarkable with optoelectronic and electrochemical properties, tuned energy, catalysis, and sensing applications. In this timely review, we systematically discuss the various organized synthesis procedure...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - January 14, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Iftikhar Hussain Umay Amara Faiza Bibi Abdul Hanan Muhammad Nazim Lakhan Irfan Ali Soomro Amjad Khan Irum Shaheen Uzair Sajjad Gokana Mohana Rani Muhammad Sufyan Javed Karim Khan Muhammad Bilal Hanif Mohammed A Assiri Sumanta Sahoo Wail Al Zoubi Debananda Source Type: research

Ambient-mediated wetting on smooth surfaces
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2024 Feb;324:103075. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.103075. Epub 2023 Dec 28.ABSTRACTA consensus was built in the first half of the 20th century, which was further debated more than 3 decades ago, that the wettability and condensation mechanisms on smooth solid surfaces are modified by the adsorption of organic contaminants present in the environment. Recently, disagreement has formed about this topic once again, as many researchers have overlooked contamination due to its difficulty to eliminate. For example, the intrinsic wettability of rare earth oxides has been reported to be hydrophobic and non-wet...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - January 14, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Daniel Orejon Junho Oh Daniel J Preston Xiao Yan Soumyadip Sett Yasuyuki Takata Nenad Miljkovic Khellil Sefiane Source Type: research

Progress of stimulus responsive nanosystems for targeting treatment of bacterial infectious diseases
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2024 Feb;324:103078. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2024.103078. Epub 2024 Jan 5.ABSTRACTIn recent decades, due to insufficient concentration at the lesion site, low bioavailability and increasingly serious resistance, antibiotics have become less and less dominant in the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. It promotes the development of efficient drug delivery systems, and is expected to achieve high absorption, targeted drug release and satisfactory therapy effects. A variety of endogenous stimulation-responsive nanosystems have been constructed by using special infection microenvironments (pH, enz...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - January 12, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Niuniu Yang Mengyuan Sun Huixin Wang Danlei Hu Aoxue Zhang Suliman Khan Zhen Chen Dongmei Chen Shuyu Xie Source Type: research

Plant protein solubility: A challenge or insurmountable obstacle
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2024 Feb;324:103074. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.103074. Epub 2023 Dec 27.ABSTRACTCurrently, there is an increasing focus on comprehending the solubility of plant-based proteins, driven by the rising demand for animal-free food formulations. The solubility of proteins plays a crucial role in impacting other functional properties of proteins and food processing. Consequently, understanding protein solubility in a deeper sense may allow a better usage of plant proteins. Herein, we discussed the definition of protein solubility from both thermodynamic and colloidal perspectives. A range of factors affec...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - January 5, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Kun Gao Jiajia Rao Bingcan Chen Source Type: research

Plant protein solubility: A challenge or insurmountable obstacle
Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2023 Dec 27;324:103074. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.103074. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCurrently, there is an increasing focus on comprehending the solubility of plant-based proteins, driven by the rising demand for animal-free food formulations. The solubility of proteins plays a crucial role in impacting other functional properties of proteins and food processing. Consequently, understanding protein solubility in a deeper sense may allow a better usage of plant proteins. Herein, we discussed the definition of protein solubility from both thermodynamic and colloidal perspectives. A range of facto...
Source: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science - January 5, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Kun Gao Jiajia Rao Bingcan Chen Source Type: research