Water-soluble, self-assembled nanocapsules composed of a functional bilayer membrane and enclosed guest molecules can provide smart (that is, condition responsive) sensors for a variety of purposes.

The novel design approach proposed in the study using a perylene-substituted rhodamine spirolactam can pave the way for the development of simple photofunctional materials with nonlinear behavior and ...

New research in the journal Science Advances demonstrates how a multicomponent perylene mixture can be used to reduce the fragility of glass. The research focuses on synthesizing an octonary perylene ...

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