Luminescent quantum dots: Synthesis, optical properties, bioimaging and toxicity

J Sobhanan, JV Rival, A Anas, ES Shibu… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Luminescent nanomaterials such as semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) and quantum dots
(QDs) attract much attention to optical detectors, LEDs, photovoltaics, displays, biosensing …

Recent advances in metal chalcogenide quantum dots: from material design to biomedical applications

Z Piao, D Yang, Z Cui, H He, S Mei, H Lu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid progress in nanomaterials and biochemistry, there has been an explosion of
interest in biomolecule‐modified quantum dots (QDs) for biomedical applications. Metal …

Bright, magnetic NIR-II quantum dot probe for sensitive dual-modality imaging and intensive combination therapy of cancer

Y Li, P Zhang, W Tang, KJ McHugh, SV Kershaw… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Improving the effectiveness of cancer therapy will require tools that enable more specific
cancer targeting and improved tumor visualization. Theranostics have the potential for …

Recent advances and clinical potential of near infrared photothermal conversion materials for photothermal hepatocellular carcinoma therapy

RL Ge, PN Yan, Y Liu, ZS Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Growing concern about photothermal tumor therapy (PTT) as a promising alternative to
conventional liver cancer treatment, which is a treatment strategy that utilizes near‐infrared …

Fluorescence, ultrasonic and photoacoustic imaging for analysis and diagnosis of diseases

B Chu, Z Chen, H Shi, X Wu, H Wang… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomedical imaging technology, which allows us to peer deeply within living subjects and
visually explore the delivery and distribution of agents in living things, is producing …

An activatable and reversible virus‐mimicking NIR‐II nanoprobe for monitoring the progression of viral encephalitis

HJ Chen, Y Qin, ZG Wang, L Wang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Viral encephalitis is an inflammatory disease of the brain parenchyma and caused by
various viral infections. In vivo monitoring of the progression of viral infections can aid …

The DNA damage potential of quantum dots: Toxicity, mechanism and challenge

Y Yao, T Zhang, M Tang - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanoparticles (1–10 nm) with excellent optical and
electrical properties. As QDs show great promise for applications in fields such as …

[HTML][HTML] Multifunctional nanoprobes for macrophage imaging

H Deng, L Xu, J Ju, X Mo, G Ge, X Zhu - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Imaging and tracking macrophage behaviors in vivo are essential to reveal its biological
function and fate in various diseases. Small molecular probes suffer from poor macrophage …

Carbon nanodots: Synthesis, mechanisms for bio-electrical applications

D Dhamodharan, HS Byun, MV Shree… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the exceptional optical properties such as biocompatibility, and low toxicity, carbon
nanodots (CNDs) have emerged as a potential material for biosensing, drug delivery, and …

Biomaterials Elicit Pyroptosis Enhancing Cancer Immunotherapy

MJ Zhang, YY Wang, LL Han, XY Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer immunotherapy has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of malignant tumors,
but its effectiveness is limited by the low immune response rate and immune‐related …