Themed collection Journal of Materials Chemistry B Recent Review Articles

Portable surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) capable of various analytes detection by using well designed/fabricated SERS substrates in a convenient manner shows great advantages and application potentials in biochemical sensing.

Nanoscience has enabled the electrical study of individual biomolecules. This perspective presents the nascent field of RNA BioMolecular Electronics, overviewing the main developments and exploring recent and future potential applications.

Nanoparticle-mediated surfactant therapy in patients with severe COVID-19.

The incorporation of nanoparticles is an emerging strategy to develop advanced nanocomposite bioinks with (multi) functional properties that improve the bioactivity and regenerative potential of 3D bioprinted constructs.

Smart scaffolds based on shape memory polymer (SMPs), and their typical modes of delivery into tissue defects.

This perspective focuses on the development of redox-responsive polymeric nanomaterials for controlled payload release within the last four years.

Tannic acid-based bioinspired coating strategies for tethering functional materials or molecules on different medical substrates for resisting bacterial pathogens and fouling agents.

Nanozyme-based biosensors for food quality and safety detection are reviewed.

Absorbent polymers or hydrogel polymer materials have an enhanced water retention capacity and are widely used in agriculture and medicine.

Electrospinning based on supramolecular systems is an innovative strategy for developing nanostructured scaffolds or membranes, and it has been attracting much research interest in the fields of electrospinning as well as supramolecular chemistry.

As a new generation of biomedical metallic materials, biodegradable metals have become a hot research topic in recent years because they can completely degrade in the human body, thus preventing secondary surgery, and reducing the pain and economic burden for patients.

We review state-of-the-art oral nanomedicines for Helicobacter pylori eradication, from the mechanism and design to the resultant controllability and antimicrobial properties, and provide a deep insight into their challenges and future directions.

The design and functional tailoring of stimulus-responsive nanomaterials under physical regulations promote their biomedical applications.

Contribution of photochemistry for the synthesis of bio-based antibacterial polymer materials.

Graphdiyne (GDY), which possess sp- and sp²-hybridized carbon and Dirac cones, offers unique physical and chemical properties, including an adjustable intrinsic bandgap, excellent charge carrier transfer efficiency, and superior conductivity compared to other carbon allotropes.

Research progress of graphene and its composite electrodes in neuronal signal recording, stimulation and related optical signal coupling technology.

This review focuses on surface modifications of metallic implant and performance strengthening strategies reported in developing anti-corrosion and biocompatibility properties with functionalized bioceramic coatings.

This review introduces the recent advances in the ferroptotic regulatory network and ferroptotic tumor nanotherapeutic strategies based on the key proteins in ferroptotic regulatory pathways.

This review summarizes recent progress in the integration/combination of CDs and montmorillonite, as well as the bioapplication of CDs-containing montmorillonite hybrid host systems.

This review aims to highlight the recent advances, key limitations, and future directions of nanomedicine for bacteria-induced acute lung injury treatment.

Magnetic carbon nanotubes (MCNTs), consisting of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), have enormous exploration and application potentials due to their superior physical and chemical properties, such as unique magnetism and high enrichment performance.

Integrated treatment using imaging technology to monitor biological processes for the precise treatment and diagnosis of diseases to improve treatment outcomes is becoming a hot topic.

This review highlights the recent advances in ferroptosis-induced tumor therapy from a materials chemistry perspective and discusses the current challenges and future directions.

Schematic diagram of multi-functional PMs for chemotherapy-based combined cancer therapy: combination of multiple chemotherapy drugs; combinational chemo-gene therapy; combinational chemo-phototherapy; combinational chemo-immunotherapy.

The physical principles, X-ray imageability, and state-of-the-art developments of intrinsically radiopaque biomaterial assortments.

Gas-generating nanoplatforms have promising therapeutic potential for cancer treatment.

Nanotechnology represents a new research field for atherosclerosis therapy and diagnosis.

This review focuses on the antigenicity of silk-based materials applied in biomedical applications. It summarizes the immunomodulatory applications of silk, including bone regeneration, vascularization, and protection from inflammation.

Emerging nanomaterials applied for tackling the COVID-19-associated cytokine storm. Cur-SLNs, curcumin-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles; 25-HC, 25-hydroxycholesterol.

Different analytical platforms based on nanozymes could be constructed to detect various analytes, which possessed good sensitivity and specificity.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented global health challenge, creating sudden, massive demands for diagnostic testing, treatment, therapies, and vaccines.

Infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, and fungi and their global spread pose a great threat to human health.

This review focuses on the formation, multifunctionalization, and biomedical application of multifunctional chitosan-based self-healing hydrogels.

We outlined NIR photothermal materials for photothermal cancer therapy and proposed three key metrics for evaluating the materials from physical, chemical, and bio/medical perspectives.

Diabetes is a type of disease that threatens human health, which can be diagnosed based on the level of glucose in the blood.

4D printing technology in biomedical applications.

Hydrogels featuring a dynamic change in stiffness for mechanotransduction studies are reviewed herein, with special emphasis on conducting polymers as a means to modulate the stiffness of hydrogels.

Ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) play a crucial role in the integration of US diagnosis and treatment. UCAs have also been studied in the fields of US thrombolysis, mediated gene transfer, drug delivery, and high intensity focused US.

Immobilized enzymes in inorganic hybrid nanoflowers for biocatalytic and biosensing applications.

We summarized the recent research progress concerning innovative strategies for enhanced PDT.

This review summarizes the latest nanosystems with different functional nanomaterials that co-load and protect the siRNA/drugs, precisely target tumors, and release cargoes intelligently.

This review focuses on various synthesis methods of cerium oxide nanoparticles and discusses their corresponding physical characteristics, anti-ROS and anti-inflammatory properties.

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) caused the COVID-19 pandemic.

Boron-dipyrromethenes are widely used in tumor phototherapy. The latest development of Boron-dipyrromethene nanomaterials for enhanced photothermal therapy was summarized.

Severe peripheral nerve injuries are threatening the life quality of human beings.

This review summarized the recent advances of manganese oxide nanomaterials for cancer immunotherapy, covering adjusting an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, inducing immunogenic cell death, immunoadjuvants for nanovaccines and so on.

This review article highlights recent research progress on the NIR-responsive nanocomposite hydrogels, focusing on their preparation, properties, applications and future prospectus.

This review summarizes catalytic mechanisms, regulatory factors, measurement methods and various applications of SOD-like nanozymes, as well as proposes the current challenges and prospects in the development of SOD-like nanozymes.

This paper reviews the recent progress in nitric oxide (NO) donors, biomaterial vectors, biomaterial-based NO delivery systems and NO synthetic enzyme mimics, and emphasizes the application potentials of NO releasing biomaterials in chronic wound healing.

This review summarizes the recent developments in different NIR-based nanomedicine for cancer therapy.

This review introduces naturally-occurring saturated fatty acids (NSFAs) and their biomedical applications, including controlled drug release, targeted drug delivery, cancer therapy, antibacterial treatment, and tissue engineering.

Recent advances in the design, fabrication, and applications of biomacromolecule-based photo-thermal agents are summarized. Cell membranes, proteins, nucleotides and polysaccharides are involved. Perspectives and challenges are also presented.

This review describes some of the recent developments in DNA-based techniques for ribonuclease detection and discusses methodologies, assay metrics, screening of ribonuclease inhibitors, and future potential.

The present review highlights the developments in polysaccharide nanoparticles with a particular focus on applications in biomedicine, cosmetics and food.

Selenium-containing nanocarriers can respond to different stimuli to release payloads in the vicinity of cancer cells.

Diatoms are unicellular eukaryotic algae that have a distinctive siliceous cell wall (frustule) with unique architectures. These frustules are a naturally derived biomaterial, which can be chemically modified and may have potential in bone tissue engineering applications.

PFC-based nanoplatforms demonstrate great value in oxygen carrying and delivering, which makes them promising agents in enhancing phototherapy and combined multimodal imaging.

In this review, we will illustrate the enhancement and mechanism of arginine in wound healing. A survey on the recent progress in arginine-based therapy was also completed. The challenges and perspectives of arginine-based medicine for regeneration will be identified.

Protein corona (PC) severely affects the in vivo performance of nanomedicines. Regulation of interplay between nanomedicines and PC may provide a new avenue for precise medication.

The application of a hydrogel is showed in the treatment of IUAs as a physical barrier or novel therapeutic delivery system.

The combination of peptides and graphene-derived materials provides a new way to prepare graphene-based nanocomposites with unique structures, properties, and functions.

Latest progress of CDs is systematically summarized from four aspects: preparation methods, modification methods, optical properties, and applications in biomedical fields. Furthermore, we also state briefly the existing problems and future development directions of CDs.

Biomanufacturing metal/metallic nanomaterials with ordered micro/nanostructures, controllable functions, and promising properties is of great importance in both fundamental studies and practical applications.

This review summarizes the structure–function relationship of proteins in the acquired salivary pellicle and recent advances in functional biomedical materials derived from these proteins.

Different modification techniques for engineering exosomes and their biomedical applications thereof.

This review focuses on the application of topography in the field of peripheral nerve repair. The integration of topological structure and peripheral nerve conduits has an important role in promoting the recovery of peripheral nerve function.

This review paper presents the importance of injectable antioxidative hydrogels in biomedical applications for maintaining ROS homeostasis by introducing the bioactive roles of naturally occurring or artificial ROS.

Hyaluronic acid (HA) based hydrogels can be fabricated using various chemistries to study cancer cell behaviors in vitro.

The principles and strategies to tune the physicochemical properties of COFs are proposed to improve the performances of COFs and to speed up their clinical translations in biomedical applications.

A focus review on the recent advances in graphene nanoribbon-based nanomaterials for biosensors and biomedicine is presented.