Feature Article: Chemically induced self-assembly of spherical and anisotropic inorganic nanocrystals: In this review Dmitry Baranov, Liberato Manna and Antonios G. Kanaras discuss the self-organization of colloidal nanoparticles of different sizes and shapes induced by the active manipulation of nanoparticle surfaces. (J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JM11599E Advance Article)
Feature Article: Pt-based composite nanoparticles for magnetic, catalytic, and biomedical applications: This hot review by Yi Liu, Dongguo Li and Shouheng Sun highlights the recent advances in synthesizing Pt-based alloy and core–shell nanoparticles for magnetic, catalytic, and biomedical applications. (J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JM11605C, Advance Article)
Feature Article: Emerging functional nanomaterials for therapeutics: This feature article showcases some of the recent therapeutic applications involving some representative nanomaterials as drug carriers or direct therapeutic modalities. (J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JM11401H, Advance Article)
Feature Article: Fabrication of functional colloidal photonic crystals based on well-designed latex particles: This review by Youzhuan Zhang, Jingxia Wang, Yu Huang, Yanlin Song and Lei Jiang presents the recent research progress on the fabrication of functional colloidal crystals with high mechanical strength, controllable wettability, anisotropic structure or large scale, based on well-designed latex particles. (J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1JM10977D)
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