Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, 55(6), 333–340.Īlejandro-Arellano, M., Ung, T., Blanco, Á., Mulvaney, P., & Liz-Marzán, L. Modified zinc oxide-phosphate core-shell pigments in solvent-based paints. Nanocomposites of gold molecularly imprinted polymers: Chemistry, processing, and applications in sensors. Graphic abstractĪhmad, R., Griffete, N., Lamouri, A., Felidj, N., Chehimi, M. Ultimately, the final section focuses on the application areas such as drug delivery, bioimaging, solar cell applications etc. Next main section gives a brief description on types of core–shell nanomaterials followed by processes for the synthesis of core–shell nanostructures. Following section classifies core–shell nanostructures into single core/shell, multicore/single shell, single core/multishell and multicore/multishell nanostructures. The first section covers introduction throwing light on basics of core–shell nanoparticles. In this review, recent progress in development of new and sophisticated core–shell nanostructures has been explored. Core–shell nanoparticles have great importance due to their high thermal stability, high solubility and lower toxicity. They have internal core of one component (metal or biomolecules) surrounded by a shell of another component. Core–shell nanostructures are in demand due to their specific design and geometry. Core–shell technology has now represented a new trend in analytical sciences. Therefore, it has become possible to combine two different functionalities in a single nanoparticle and their properties can be enhanced or modified by coupling of two different components.

With the pace of time, synthesis of nanomaterials has paved paths to blend two or more materials having different properties into hybrid nanoparticles.

Core shell nanostructures