NanotechnologyPub Date : 2025-05-09DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/add305
Munsu Choi, Juhee Hong
{"title":"Composition-dependent properties of ultra-thin MoSi<i><sub>x</sub></i>based extreme ultraviolet pellicle.","authors":"Munsu Choi, Juhee Hong","doi":"10.1088/1361-6528/add305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/add305","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) pellicle is essential for protecting photomask from external contamination in EUV lithography (EUVL), a critical technology for nanometer-scale photolithography. However, achieving high optical transmittance, thermal stability, and mechanical robustness in pellicle for high-power EUVL processes remains challenging. This study fabricated EUV pellicles using multilayer MoSi<i><sub>x</sub></i>thin films with varying Mo-to-Si ratios and protective capping layers. As Mo content increased, mechanical and thermal properties improved, while optical transmittance decreased. MoSi<sub>2</sub>(<i>x</i>= 2) exhibited the highest tensile strength and >90% fabrication yield. In contrast, MoSi<sub>3</sub>.<sub>4</sub>(<i>x</i>= 3.4) showed enhanced optical properties, and MoSi<sub>2</sub>.<sub>3</sub>(<i>x</i>= 2.3) offered superior thermal performance. These results highlight the composition-dependent trade-offs in optimizing pellicle performance for EUVL applications. In contrast to previous studies, which investigated a single MoSi<sub>2</sub>composition, this study systematically explores a broad compositional range of MoSi<i><sub>x</sub></i>(<i>x</i>= 1.6-3.4). A distinct contribution of this work is the quantitative linkage established between mechanical performance, particularly ultimate tensile strength, and fabrication yield. The results reveal that no single composition optimizes all critical properties simultaneously, highlighting the necessity of trade-off-based material selection for application-specific requirements in EUVL. This study offers a guideline for optimizing EUV pellicle design, contributing to higher wafer throughput, improved equipment utilization, and reduced operational costs in high-volume lithography.</p>","PeriodicalId":19035,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology","volume":"36 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143972683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanotechnologyPub Date : 2025-05-08DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/add166
Dulin Huang, Gonglei Shao, Xu Zhang, Zhen Zhou
{"title":"Electronic mechanism behind the influence of intercalated heteroatom Sn on the slip energy barrier in layered WS<sub>2</sub>.","authors":"Dulin Huang, Gonglei Shao, Xu Zhang, Zhen Zhou","doi":"10.1088/1361-6528/add166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/add166","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Frictional losses often result in substantial economic costs, and the application of lubricants can markedly mitigate these losses. Recently, layered materials have garnered extensive research interest due to their exceptional lubricating properties. However, the exploration of sliding mechanisms associated with intercalated heteroatoms in layered materials remains a subject of considerable uncertainty. In this work, we employ density functional theory to unravel the friction modulation mechanism of Sn atoms intercalated in layered WS<sub>2</sub>. Our findings demonstrate that Sn intercalation significantly reduces the sliding energy barrier (down to 0.96 meV atom<sup>-1</sup>), while the friction force and shear strength are minimized to 0.0011 nN atom<sup>-1</sup>and 0.0008 GPa, respectively, outperforming conventional two-dimensional materials such as MoS<sub>2</sub>and graphene. Furthermore, Sn intercalation enhances interlayer electrostatic repulsion and suppresses dynamic charge density fluctuations. To quantitatively elucidate the energy barrier variation, we propose a novel metric-total charge density difference evolution (Δ<i>ρ</i><sub>2</sub>). This discovery provides theoretical guidance for designing ultra-low-friction lubricants and is expected to advance energy efficiency in industrial machinery.</p>","PeriodicalId":19035,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology","volume":"36 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144037199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CVD-grown SnS<sub>2</sub>active layers on AlGaN/GaN HEMT for arsenic (III) ions detection.","authors":"Nipun Sharma, Adarsh Nigam, Jai Mishra, Ashok Kumar, Srinjoy Mitra, Ankur Gupta, Sudhiranjan Tripathy, Mahesh Kumar","doi":"10.1088/1361-6528/adcc37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/adcc37","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The pervasive contamination of water sources by the toxic heavy metal arsenic presents a serious threat to human health and ecological systems. This raises the critical need for innovative detection platforms that can detect such contamination at low cost and as part of an onsite, distributed sensor network. In this context, we report an Arsenic (As<sup>3+</sup>) ion detection system that was fabricated using 2D SnS<sub>2</sub>functionalized AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT). SnS<sub>2</sub>layers were grown on the HEMT surface by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) which depicts hexagonal oriented nanosheets with crystal edges. The source and drain tri-metal contacts of Au/Cr/Al were fabricated by thermal evaporation using shadow mask. The sensor response was analyzed by measuring the variation in drain to source current of the device after introducing varied concentrations of As<sup>3+</sup>ions, ranging from 1 ppb to 10 ppm. The observed sensitivity of the device is 0.42<i>μ</i>A ppb<sup>-1</sup>, with a detection limit of 0.90 ppb, and a response time of 3.2 s. Further, real-time data analysis was performed by the integration of the developed sensor with a customized printed circuit board connected with an Arduino Nano 33 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module for data transmission. The concept of growing the SnS<sub>2</sub>layer as a functionalizing layer by CVD results in quick response, good repeatability, and selectivity thereby eliminating the need for any additional reference electrode. Integration of the developed AlGaN/GaN HEMT sensor with Arduino Nano 33 BLE makes it an ideal candidate for portable heavy metal ion sensing device for onsite detection.</p>","PeriodicalId":19035,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology","volume":"36 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144019343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanotechnologyPub Date : 2025-05-06DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/add01e
Hilal Yildirim Kalyon, Yakup Fatih Karasan, Metin Gencten
{"title":"Electrochemical synthesis and supercapacitor performance of manganese and cerium oxide-doped polyaniline composites.","authors":"Hilal Yildirim Kalyon, Yakup Fatih Karasan, Metin Gencten","doi":"10.1088/1361-6528/add01e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/add01e","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, polyaniline-based conductive polymers doped with manganese oxide and cerium oxide were electrochemically synthesized for the first time. Unlike previous studies, manganese oxide and cerium oxide doped polyaniline synthesis was carried out in perchloric acid. The resulting composite materials were characterized using spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. The doped polyaniline composites were employed as electrode components in supercapacitors and analyzed using cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Changes in capacitive behavior over cycling were examined via galvanostatic charge-discharge measurements. The areal capacitance of the cerium oxide and manganese oxide doped polyaniline electrodes, synthesized under optimal conditions, were measured as 950 mF cm<sup>-2</sup>and 660 mF cm<sup>-2</sup>, respectively, at a charge-discharge current of 10 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>.</p>","PeriodicalId":19035,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology","volume":"36 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144014050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanotechnologyPub Date : 2025-04-30DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/adcf30
Arijit Roy, Gurpreet Singh
{"title":"Bulk synthesis of mixed transition metal dichalcogenide and performance as working electrode in Li, Na, and K-ion half cells.","authors":"Arijit Roy, Gurpreet Singh","doi":"10.1088/1361-6528/adcf30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/adcf30","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nanosheets of mixed or cation-substituted Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) are promising materials for a range of applications, including electrodes for electrochemical energy storage devices. Yet such materials are expensive to produce in large quantities (gram levels or higher). Here, we report on a two-step process, which involves precursor pyrolysis and sulfur annealing for the preparation of bulk powders of Mo<i><sub>x</sub></i>W<sub>1-<i>x</i></sub>S<sub>2</sub>. The structural and morphological properties of the synthesized cation-substituted TMD alloy are compared with high-purity commercially sourced MoWS<sub>2</sub>and MoS<sub>2</sub>/WS<sub>2</sub>hybrid specimens. Notably, the electrochemical characteristics of synthesized Mo<i><sub>x</sub></i>W<sub>1-<i>x</i></sub>S<sub>2</sub>exhibit exceptional first-cycle specific charge capacities for lithium-ion (638 mAh g<sup>-1</sup>), sodium-ion (423 mAh g<sup>-1</sup>), and potassium-ion (328 mAh g<sup>-1</sup>) half-cells. All the cells showed capacity decay in longer-term cycling tests, arising from volume changes in TMD conversion-type electrodes. To mitigate the capacity decay, a voltage cut-off method is implemented, which minimizes irreversibility and structural distortion of TMD during cycling, even at higher cycling currents with nearly 100% average cycling efficiency. The findings of this study demonstrate a proficient and scalable synthesis methodology poised to be utilized across an array of layered TMD materials, with benefits to both industry and fundamental research into alkali-metal-ion energy storage.</p>","PeriodicalId":19035,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology","volume":"36 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144003343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multisynergistic antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects of silver-anchored polydopamine nanocomposites hydrogel on periodontitis.","authors":"Rui Ruan, Qiaoxin Li, Xinglong Zhang, Zihan Dai, Wei Qiang, Mengdie Ji, Mengjie Liu, Jian Chen, Hongda Zhu","doi":"10.1088/1361-6528/adcf2f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/adcf2f","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Conventional treatment modalities for periodontitis are less effective in removing bacterial plaques and biofilms, which tend to induce an inflammatory microenvironment in periodontal tissue and lead to disease progression. To overcome this limitation, we designed a silver-anchored polydopamine (PDA) nanocomposites hydrogel system (P-Ag@PDA gels, ∼200 nm) for multisynergistic treatment of periodontitis. PDA nanoparticles could synergize with silver to exert powerful bactericidal activity and reduce tissue damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) or inflammatory factors. Meanwhile, the low-temperature photothermal process facilitated the penetration of nanoparticles into the bacterial biofilm, solving the challenge of biofilm removal in periodontitis. Poloxamer 407 thermosensitive hydrogel helped the nanocomposites adhere to the bacterial surface, overcoming the problem of reduced efficacy due to the rapid loss of the drug in the oral cavity. The antibacterial, biofilm scavenging, ROS scavenging and anti-inflammatory properties of P-Ag@PDA gels were investigated<i>in vitro and in vivo</i>. The results revealed that P-Ag@PDA gels with NIR light stimulation were more effective than tinidazole (TNZ) in attenuating ROS-induced periodontal tissue damage and removing biofilms, while exhibiting similar antimicrobial effects. This study provided a highly promising biomaterial for the treatment of periodontal infections.</p>","PeriodicalId":19035,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology","volume":"36 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144064270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanotechnologyPub Date : 2025-04-30DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/adcf2d
Niveditha Nair, Anjitha M Pillai, Rita Rizzoli, Harish Lakhotiya, Arne Nylandsted Larsen, Peter Balling, Sanjay K Ram
{"title":"Balancing light-trapping and defect minimization in ultrathin amorphous silicon solar cells using dual<i>p</i>-layer architecture.","authors":"Niveditha Nair, Anjitha M Pillai, Rita Rizzoli, Harish Lakhotiya, Arne Nylandsted Larsen, Peter Balling, Sanjay K Ram","doi":"10.1088/1361-6528/adcf2d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/adcf2d","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ultrathin solar cell devices based on amorphous silicon offer significant advantages in terms of cost and stability, provided they are effectively integrated with light-trapping strategies. However, integrating these devices with photonic nanotextures is challenging due to the high defect concentrations that may result from the deposition of ultrathin material layers on textured substrates. This study utilizes a cost-effective, scalable approach using quasiperiodic nanowrinkles as textured substrates for ultrathin amorphous silicon solar cells fabricated in a<i>p-i-n</i>configuration, with a 100 nm absorber layer. To enhance the performance on the nanowrinkles, a dual<i>p</i>-layer architecture, comprising a thin hydrogenated amorphous silicon protective layer combined with a nanocrystalline<i>p</i>-type layer is employed. These nanowrinkle solar cell devices show significant improvements, up to ∼33%, in power conversion efficiency compared to their flat substrate counterparts. The dual<i>p</i>-layer approach is effective in mitigating the adverse effect of defects, demonstrating a maximum of ∼33% increase in short-circuit photocurrent densities compared to single-<i>p</i>-layer configuration in the highest efficiency device. Simulation studies are conducted to analyze the electrical characteristics and charge transport phenomenon of the device layers, and the improved performance of the final device.</p>","PeriodicalId":19035,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology","volume":"36 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144002419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanotechnologyPub Date : 2025-04-30DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/adcf2e
Tomoaki Miyagi, Akira Sasahara, Masahiko Tomitori
{"title":"Etching processes of Si(111) surfaces with bunched steps via atomic hydrogen irradiation intermittently observed by atomic force microscopy.","authors":"Tomoaki Miyagi, Akira Sasahara, Masahiko Tomitori","doi":"10.1088/1361-6528/adcf2e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/adcf2e","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Silicon (Si) (111)-(7 × 7) surfaces with wide terraces and bunched steps were passivated with atomic hydrogen (H) and subsequently etched by irradiation of atomic H. The atomic H can suppress the reactivity of Si surfaces by terminating the dangling bonds of Si surfaces. Meanwhile, atomic H can break the periodic atomic structures such as (7 × 7) on the Si surfaces. In the present study, we intermittently repeated the atomic H irradiation to the H-terminated Si(111) surface and frequency-modulation atomic force microscopy observation in a conventional vacuum chamber. When H<sub>2</sub>gas was introduced to the cracker with a gas flow rate of 1 sccm (≈1.7 × 10<sup>-8</sup>m<sup>3</sup>·s<sup>-1</sup>), corresponding to an atomic H flux of 2.5 × 10<sup>16</sup>cm<sup>-2</sup>·s<sup>-1</sup>, one hour of the atomic H irradiation increased the roughness of the terrace from 1.4 nm up to 1.9 nm. With increasing the gas flow rate to 10 sccm, pits were formed on the surface and enlarged to 20-40 nm diameters across the bunched step with shallow flat bottoms and non-uniform winding edges. The surface etching probably starts from the adsorption of H on the lower-coordinated Si atoms exposed at the bunched steps. The side walls of pits seemed to consist of {110} and {100} facets that are readily etched due to the smaller number of the back bonds of Si atoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":19035,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology","volume":"36 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144020196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanotechnologyPub Date : 2025-04-30DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/adc4eb
Ahmed M Kamal El-Sagheir, Aya M Soliman, Alaa Elsaghir, Momen M Thabet, Ahmed Faried Abdel Hakiem, Ahmed S Aboraia
{"title":"Synthesis and characterization of piroxicam and M (M = Pd(II), Ag(I)) complex nanoconjugates with orange quantum dots for enhanced antimicrobial and anticancer activity.","authors":"Ahmed M Kamal El-Sagheir, Aya M Soliman, Alaa Elsaghir, Momen M Thabet, Ahmed Faried Abdel Hakiem, Ahmed S Aboraia","doi":"10.1088/1361-6528/adc4eb","DOIUrl":"10.1088/1361-6528/adc4eb","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Conjugation and loading of piroxicam and its metal complexes; Palladium(II) (<b>PdL<sub>2</sub></b>) and Silver(I) (<b>AgL</b>) synthesized and characterized by different techniques including infrared, UV-Vis spectroscopy, spectrofluorimetry, transmission electron microscope, x-ray powder diffraction and Zeta potential analyses were achieved. Orange quantum dots (OQDs) nanoparticle showed good stability, encapsulation and loading efficiency and controlled release of loaded piroxicam and its metal complexes. Generally, new OQQs conjugates showed enhanced antimicrobial and anticancer activity.<i>In vitro</i>antimicrobial activity screening demonstrated that<b>Ag</b>(I)-OQDs conjugate displayed potent antibacterial effect that was 1.8-fold against<i>E. coli</i>higher than piroxicam (MIC = 31.85<i>µ</i>M), where<b>Pd</b>(II)-OQDs conjugate depicted the highest activity with MIC of 33.05<i>µ</i>M against<i>P. aeruginosa</i>. In case of G + ve bacteria,<b>Ag</b>conjugate had potent activity which was 2.3-fold on<i>S. aureus</i>higher than piroxicam (MIC = 43.12<i>µ</i>M), while<b>Pd</b>conjugate exerted promising activity that was 3.5-fold against<i>E. faecalis</i>higher than piroxicam (MIC = 74.57<i>µ</i>M).<b>Ag</b>conjugate showed the most promising antifungal activity with 2.5-folds more than piroxicam. The<i>in vitro</i>antiproliferative activity depicted that all synthesized conjugates showed better Cytotoxic effect than piroxicam, specifically<b>Pd</b>conjugate which had IC50 values with by 2-fold lower than piroxicam on human liver cancer cell line<i>Hepg2.</i>While<b>Pd</b>and<b>Ag</b>conjugates showed 2.3 and 1.9-fold higher effect on human colon cancer cell line<b>HT-29</b>compared to piroxicam.</p>","PeriodicalId":19035,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143710667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanotechnologyPub Date : 2025-04-30DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/add26d
Xiaoxia Guo, Chaofan Wang, Lihong Fan, Jie Wang, Qianqiu Wang, Chenfan Duan, Ban Chen, Heshuang Dai
{"title":"A doxorubicin-loaded polymeric nanocarrier with 2,2'-binaphthyl-1,1'-diol-based backbone and tannic acid coating for enhanced stability and antitumor applications.","authors":"Xiaoxia Guo, Chaofan Wang, Lihong Fan, Jie Wang, Qianqiu Wang, Chenfan Duan, Ban Chen, Heshuang Dai","doi":"10.1088/1361-6528/add26d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/add26d","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study presents PBVT, a polyurethane-based nano-drug delivery system incorporating BINOL (2,2'-binaphthyl-1,1'-diol), tannic acid (TA), and phenylboronic acid (PBA), to overcome critical challenges in cancer therapy such as low drug-loading capacity, nanoparticle instability, and systemic toxicity. Polyurethane was chosen as the base material due to its exceptional versatility, offering tunable mechanical properties, biocompatibility, and chemical stability, making it ideal for constructing robust nanocarriers for drug delivery. BINOL is incorporated for the first time into a nano polyurethane framework, featuring dual naphthalene rings that enable strong π-π stacking interactions with doxorubicin (DOX), achieving a high drug-loading capacity (48.6%) and encapsulation efficiency (89.8%). TA enhances system stability and biocompatibility through hydrogen bonding, while its phenolic hydroxyl groups provide antioxidant and antibacterial properties, reducing infection risks during chemotherapy. PBA is integrated into the polyurethane backbone adding pH-responsive drug release capabilities, allowing selective and controlled release of DOX in acidic tumor microenvironments. In vitro, cellular experiments confirmed the low cytotoxicity of PBVT against normal cells and the potent anticancer activity of PBVT-DOX in tumor cells in a dose-dependent manner. The system demonstrated sustained drug release and stability for over two weeks under physiological conditions. PBVT-DOX represents a novel, efficient platform for targeted cancer therapy and the development of advanced polyurethane-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":19035,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144025493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}