scholarly journals Recent progress in functional materials from lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reuben Bosire ◽  
Dennis Ndaya ◽  
Rajeswari M Kasi
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Functional Materials

scholarly journals Surface-grafting polymers: from chemistry to organic electronics

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 692-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuguang Wang ◽  
Zhongwu Wang ◽  
Jie Li ◽  
Liqiang Li ◽  
Wenping Hu
Keyword(s):  
Organic Electronics ◽  
Formation Process ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Surface Grafting ◽  
Organic Electronic Devices ◽  
Organic Electronic

This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in surface-grafting polymers, including their formation process and the utilization of surface-grafting polymers as functional materials of insulators, conductors and semiconductors in versatile organic electronic devices.

scholarly journals Al-Based Nano-Sized Composite Energetic Materials (Nano-CEMs): Preparation, Characterization, and Performance

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiqiang Pang ◽  
Xuezhong Fan ◽  
Ke Wang ◽  
Yimin Chao ◽  
Huixiang Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energetic Materials ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Preparation Methods ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Application Prospects

As one of the new types of functional materials, nano-sized composite energetic materials (nano-CEMs) possess many advantages and broad application prospects in the research field of explosives and propellants. The recent progress in the preparation and performance characterization of Al-based nano-CEMs has been reviewed. The preparation methods and properties of Al-based nano-CEMs are emphatically analyzed. Special emphasis is focused on the improved performances of Al-based nano-CEMs, which are different from those of conventional micro-sized composite energetic materials (micro-CEMs), such as thermal decomposition and hazardous properties. The existing problems and challenges for the future work on Al-based nano-CEMs are discussed.

Recent progress of double-structural and functional materials with special wettability

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 799-815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yabin Zhang ◽  
Yu Chen ◽  
Lei Shi ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Zhiguang Guo
Keyword(s):  
Recent Progress ◽  
Functional Materials

scholarly journals Beyond displays: The recent progress of liquid crystals for bio/chemical detections

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (21) ◽  
pp. 2557-2562 ◽  
Author(s):  
YuanChen Dong ◽  
ZhongQiang Yang
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Recent Progress

scholarly journals Recent Progress in Nanostructured Functional Materials and Their Applications

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 2435-2441
Author(s):  
Tomoyuki Yamamoto ◽  
Masato Yoshiya ◽  
Hoang Nam Nhat
Keyword(s):  
Recent Progress ◽  
Functional Materials

scholarly journals Recent Progress in Polymer-Based Building Materials

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Jingjing Shen ◽  
Jianwei Liang ◽  
Xinfeng Lin ◽  
Hongjian Lin ◽  
Jing Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Properties ◽  
Material Science ◽  
Flame Retardants ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Inorganic Materials ◽  
Polymer Materials ◽  
Human Society

With the development of human society, the requirements for building materials are becoming higher. The development of polymer materials and their application in the field of architecture have greatly enhanced and broadened the functions of building materials. With the development of material science and technology, many functional materials have been developed. Polymer materials have many excellent properties compared with inorganic materials, and they can also be improved to enhance functional properties by blending or adding various additives (such as flame retardants, antistatic agents, and antioxidants). In this paper, polymer-based building materials are introduced with three classes according to the applications, that is, substrates, coatings, and binders, and their recent signs of progress in the preparations and applications are carefully demonstrated.

Surface-Engineered Cancer Nanomedicine: Rational Design and Recent Progress

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 1181-1190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javed Ahmad ◽  
Ameeduzzafar ◽  
Mohammad Z. Ahmad ◽  
Habban Akhter
Keyword(s):  
Drug Targeting ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Surface Engineering ◽  
Drug Efficacy ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Inorganic Materials ◽  
Cancer Chemotherapeutics ◽  
Cancer Nanomedicine ◽  
Diagnostic Agents

: Cancer is highly heterogeneous in nature and characterized by abnormal, uncontrolled cells’ growth. It is responsible for the second leading cause of death in the world. Nanotechnology is explored profoundly for sitespecific delivery of cancer chemotherapeutics as well as overcome multidrug-resistance (MDR) challenges in cancer. The progress in the design of various smart biocompatible materials (such as polymers, lipids and inorganic materials) has now revolutionized the area of cancer research for the rational design of nanomedicine by surface engineering with targeting ligands. The small tunable size and surface properties of nanomedicines provide the opportunity of multiple payloads and multivalent-ligand targeting to achieve drug efficacy even in MDR cancer. Furthermore, efforts are being carried out for the development of novel nano-pharmaceutical design, focusing on the delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic agents simultaneously which is called theranostics to assess the progress of therapy in cancer. This review aimed to discuss the physicochemical manipulation of cancer nanomedicine for rational design and recent progress in the area of surface engineering of nanomedicines to improve the efficacy of cancer chemotherapeutics in MDR cancer as well. Moreover, the problem of toxicity of the advanced functional materials that are used in nanomedicines and are exploited to achieve drug targeting in cancer is also addressed.

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