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Biosensors for airborne pathogenic fungal spores detection: a review
Light-Responsive Functional Nanomaterials as Pioneering Therapeutics: A Paradigm Shift to Combat Age-Related Disorders
Advancements in Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy: Journey from Conventional Therapy to Precision Medicine via Nanoparticles Targeting Immune Cells
DNA functionalized programmable hybrid biomaterials for targeted multiplexed applications
With the advent of DNA nanotechnology, DNA-based biomaterials have emerged as a unique class of materials at the center of various biological advances.
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Self-healing, injectable chitosan-based hydrogels: structure, properties and biological applications
Conventional biomaterials suffer from mechanical stresses and biochemical degradation, compromising performance and structural integrity.
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Revolutionizing cancer therapy using tetrahedral DNA nanostructures as intelligent drug delivery systems
DNA nanostructures have surfaced as intriguing entities with vast potential in biomedicine, notably in the drug delivery area.
Design and synthesis of a nucleobase functionalized peptide hydrogel: in vitro assessment of anti-inflammatory and wound healing effects
Over the past several years, a significant increase in the expanding field of biomaterial sciences has been observed due to the development of biocompatible materials based on peptide derivatives that have intrinsic therapeutic potential.
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Laser-patterned epoxy-based 3D microelectrode arrays for extracellular recording
Epoxy-based 3D microelectrode arrays facilitate extracellular recordings in non-planar environments.
Nitrogen-doped carbon dots: a novel biosensing platform for selective norfloxacin detection and bioimaging
Nitrogen-based quantum dots (N-Ch-CQDs) serve as an efficient biosensor platform with bioimaging capabilities to combat antibiotic resistance resulting from norfloxacin residues, which pose a significant public health threat due to their incomplete metabolism and non-biodegradable nature.
Functionalized Graphitic Carbon Nitride as an Efficient Electro-Analytical Platform for the Label-free Electrochemical Sensing of Interleukin-8 in Saliva Samples
Efficient detection of p-nitrophenol via a polypyrrole flower-decorated nickel foam-based electrochemical sensor
PPy flower/Ni foam-based electrode has been used for the selective detection of p-NP which showed linear detection of 0.01–20 nM, LOD of 7.18 pM and high sensitivity of 5.37 μA nM−1 cm−2.
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Titania (TiO2) nanotube surfaces doped with zinc and strontium for improved cell compatibility
Titanium-based orthopedic implants are gaining popularity in recent years due to their excellent biocompatibility, superior corrosion resistance and lightweight properties.
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NIR-responsive porous gold nanorod dispersed in a 3D gelatin scaffold for stimulus-responsive drug release and synergistic therapy
Biodegradable porous nanomaterials have emerged as a promising avenue for tumor drug delivery owing to their capacity to encapsulate large quantities of drugs and their compatibility with biological systems.
About this collection
Nano-biomaterials, i.e., nanomaterials derived or inspired from biological molecules, have gained substantial influence in recent times in terms of their fine tunability, scale-up potential, excellent interface and adaptation with biological systems. Multiple different approaches involving physical and computational modelling, chemical structure synthesis and characterization and biological modifications have been used to develop next generation bionanodevices that can interface with biological systems in a very focused manner. Some of the recent devices have already made their way to clinical trials and many others are in different stages of the pipeline for translational applications.
This new collection in Nanoscale, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Nanoscale Advances and Materials Advances will focus on the design of multifunctional hybrid nanomaterials for different applications and on interfacing nanomaterials with biological systems for translational studies. The scope of this collection loosely aligns with the 2023 International Conference on Nanomaterials in Biology (ICNB 2023), held at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar along with Soft Materials Research Society, from 19–22 November 2023.
This collection is guest edited by Professor Dhiraj Bhatia (0000-0002-1478-6417, IIT Gandhinagar, India), Professor Mukesh Dhanka (IIT Gandhinagar, India), Dr Anjali Awasthi (University of Rajasthan, India), Professor Kamlendra Awasthi (0000-0002-4407-1914, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India) and Professor Kaushik Chatterjee (0000,0002-7204-2926, IISc Bangalore, India).