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Vanadium and titanium-based materials are ideal candidates for structural and functional materials in aerospace, biomedical engineering, optics, catalysis, energy storage and conversion etc. Vanadium/titanium-based alloys, compounds and materials have a large family with different chemical compositions, dimensions, structures/morphologies, and chemical/physical/mechanical properties, which provides huge opportunities for the development of emerging ...read more

Smart nanoplatforms with endogenous- and exogenous-responsiveness have been developed in biomedical applications, such as pH, redox, enzyme, hypoxia, light, ultrasound, radiation, electricity, magnetism, heat, etc. These smart nanocarriers can be effectively delivered by overcoming various barriers in vivo and achieve stimuli-responsive drug/gene release in targeted tissues, thus realizing the enhanced ...read more

Nanotechnology and material science play key roles in the intrinsically multidisciplinary subject of Multifunctional Nanomaterials, Advanced Manufacturing, and Interfaces. Because of their unique qualities, these materials—which set them apart from their bulk counterparts—find use in a variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, electronics, medical, energy, and materials engineering. They have ...read more