RSC Advances  

Low ppm level Al doping of quartz glass substantially increases its viscosity at high temperatures.

Zinc oxide and chitosan nanoparticles were incorporated into scaffolds by lyophilization. The scaffolds exhibit antibacterial activity and biocompatibility under in vivo subdermal implantations, exhibiting potential for biomedical applications.

The structure of cellulose films prepared by nonsolvent-induced phase separation in coagulation baths of different mixtures and temperatures. High water volume fractions in the coagulation bath result in a highly reproducible gel-like structure with inhomogeneities.

Superhydrophobic coatings give a solution for the protection of electrical equipment and some corresponding preparation methods.

The photocatalytic activity of fluorine (F) doped CuO nanoparticles (NPs) prepared employing modified sol–gel process was investigated here in this study.

Andrzej Zieliński and Beata Majkowska-Marzec introduce the RSC Advances themed collection on nano and microscale modifications of biomaterials.

The graphical abstract describes several synthetic routes of SiNPs and wide range of applications of this nanoparticle.

Emulsified water droplets and wax crystals can show different collision and aggregation behaviors in stages under dynamic cooling conditions.

Nanocrystallites of strontium hexaferrite were prepared by autoclave and solid-salt-matrix synthesis and mixed in different ratios. The spark plasma sintered composite revealed enhanced magnetic properties.

We have demonstrated three different types of stimulus triggered release of a model drug from sporopollenin from Lycopodium clavatum based on pH sensitive, thermosensitive and near infrared light-sensitive polymer composition.

In this study, we investigated the detection of latent fingerprints (LFPs) using green light- and near-infrared (NIR) light-induced up/down-conversion dual-channel composites.

The combination of microscopy, spectroscopy, and electrochemical techniques reveals crosslinker effects in enzymatic hydrogels and allows probing for a possible degradation mechanism of these gels.

The SiO₂ nanoparticles exhibit stronger aggregate tendency in the negatively charged polymer solutions, therefore enhancing the viscosity of polymer solutions and the mechanical properties of their gels.

Cationic polyacrylates exhibit both reverse demulsification and flotation performance, which can avoid incompatibility between the reverse demulsifier and flotation agent during treatment of produced water from offshore oilfields.

A novel, cubic fast-ion conducting modification of Li₇La₃Sn₂O₁₂ (LLSO) has been stabilized by gallium doping, with no doping at the Sn sites.

BaBiO₃ (BBO) perovskite oxides were prepared with different amounts of Bi nitrates using the sol–gel method and their biological activities and photocatalytic activities against RhB dye were examined.

A hard magnetic system of SrFe₁₂O₁₉ nanomaterial was modified according to the composition of Sr_0.95Gd_0.05Fe_12−xCu_xO₁₉ with x = 0.0, 0.30, and 0.60 using the sol–gel technique.

Robust, hydrophobic woven cotton fabrics were obtained through the sol–gel dip coating of two different nanoparticle (NP) architectures; silica and silica-ZnO.

This study reports the synthesis of a mesoporous Mo and N codoped anatase TiO₂ nanocomposite with many oxygen vacancies using a simple one-step hydrothermal method and subsequent calcination treatment.

Hydrogels are three-dimensional (3D) crosslinked network hydrophilic polymers that have structures similar to that of biological protein tissue and can quickly absorb a large amount of water.

Multifunctional binary herbal hydrogels enabled by multiple hydrogen bonding interactions are developed and used as reusable antibacterial coatings.

The diagram of mineral phase transformation for valuable metal recovery and mesoporous silica in situ preparation from fly ash.

A photo-responsive nanoporous polymer film (AZOF-R(NC6)) has been fabricated. AZOF-R(NC6) shows charge-selective and light-responsive dye adsorption.

Partially or fully linked boron with a cross-linking structure of an organic precursor affects the purity and morphology of ZrB₂ powder.

This work provides a facile strategy to develop a multifunctional ceramic system, and the resultant ceramic foams can be used for sound-absorbing, waterproof, and antibacterial applications.