In this article, a systematic study of the design and development of surface-modification
schemes for silica nanoparticles is presented. The nanoparticle surface design involves an …

The need to decipher various biological events has led to the elucidation of the molecular
mechanisms underlying a number of disease processes. Consequently, the detection and …

We present a general and reproducible one-pot synthesis method to prepare spherical silica
nanoparticles surface-modified with different functional groups directly from tetraethyl …

Background Fluorescent silica nanoparticles have been extensively utilised in a broad
range of biological applications and are facilitated by their predictable, well-understood …

Herein, we report on the functionalization of silica nanoparticles with a small molecule, the
amino acid cysteine, in order to create a low-fouling zwitterionic surface for nanomedicine …

The surface of silica nanoparticle was modified with cationic surfactant
cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), and the different experiment conditions including …

The combination of two silica precursors, tetraethylorthosilicate and phenyltriethoxysilane,
were utilized to synthesize organic dye-doped silica nanoparticles. The hydrophobic nature …

This article reports a multidisciplinary approach to produce fluorescently labeled organically
modified silica nanoparticles as a nonviral vector for gene delivery and biophotonics …

Aminofunctional trialkoxysilanes such as aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS) and (3‐
trimethoxysilylpropyl) diethylenetriamine (DETAS) were employed as a surface modification …

Silica (SiO2) nanoparticles grafted with a water-soluble polymer, ie nonionic poly
(oxyethylene methacrylate)(POEM) and ionic poly (styrene sulfonic acid)(PSSA) were …