“…The latter approach is well-developed and there are a number of publications describing the coupling of the substance to be protected (DNA, metal nanoparticles, quantum dots, etc.) with proteins, poly(amines), metal ions, amino acids, surfactants, antioxidants, aromatic sulfonates, and chelate agents . Embedding substances inside a microvolume was shown using lipid-based microenvironments, liposomes, microbeads, (bio)polymer capsules, amalgam capsules, emulsions and vesicles, and gels as protective microcontainers.…”