Issue 7, 2024

A reflection on ‘A shape-memory scaffold for macroscale assembly of functional nanoscale building blocks’

Abstract

Controllable and precise fabrication of macroscopic assembly of nanoscale building blocks is a key step towards practical application of nanotechnology. In 2014, Yu et al. presented a novel approach to fabricate a series of functional macroscale assemblies using a shape-memory chitosan scaffold (H.-L. Gao, Y. Lu, L.-B. Mao, D. An, L. Xu, J.-T. Gu, F. Long and S.-H. Yu, Mater. Horiz., 2014, 1, 69, https://doi.org/10.1039/c3mh00040k). Here, they briefly review the development process of the assembly strategy directed by the pre-designed scaffold to further explore the potential of the strategy in constructing the artificial macroscopic assemblies with versatile properties.

Graphical abstract: A reflection on ‘A shape-memory scaffold for macroscale assembly of functional nanoscale building blocks’

Article information

Article type
Commentary
First published
11 Mar 2024

Mater. Horiz., 2024,11, 1608-1610

A reflection on ‘A shape-memory scaffold for macroscale assembly of functional nanoscale building blocks’

X. Meng, L. Mao and S. Yu, Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11, 1608 DOI: 10.1039/D4MH90010C

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