[HTML][HTML] Nanogels as imaging agents for modalities spanning the electromagnetic spectrum

M Chan, A Almutairi - Materials horizons, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In the past few decades, advances in imaging equipment and protocols have expanded the
role of imaging in in vivo diagnosis and disease management, especially in cancer …

pH-sensitive zwitterionic coating of gold nanocages improves tumor targeting and photothermal treatment efficacy

JG Piao, F Gao, Y Li, L Yu, D Liu, ZB Tan, Y Xiong… - Nano Research, 2018 - Springer
Stealth coating materials effectively extend a nanoparticle's systemic circulation lifetime yet
limit its cellular internalization, which promotes and prevents tumor targeting, respectively …

Zwitterionic stealth peptide-protected gold nanoparticles enable long circulation without the accelerated blood clearance phenomenon

J Zhao, Z Qin, J Wu, L Li, Q Jin, J Ji - Biomaterials science, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG), which is considered as a gold standard for surface modification
of nanoparticles in biomedical applications, has been reported to encounter the accelerated …

[HTML][HTML] Designing dendrimer and miktoarm polymer based multi-tasking nanocarriers for efficient medical therapy

A Sharma, A Kakkar - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
To address current complex health problems, there has been an increasing demand for
smart nanocarriers that could perform multiple complimentary biological tasks with high …

Fabrication of a nanoparticle-containing 3D porous bone scaffold with proangiogenic and antibacterial properties

JL Paris, N Lafuente-Gómez, MV Cabañas, J Román… - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D porous scaffolds based on agarose and nanocrystalline apatite, two structural
components that act as a temporary mineralized extracellular matrix, were prepared by the …

Probing the surface reactivity of nanocrystals by the catalytic degradation of organic dyes: the effect of size, surface chemistry and composition

J Piella, F Merkoçi, A Genç, J Arbiol… - Journal of materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We herein present a comprehensive study on how the catalytic performance and reusability
of Au nanocrystals (NCs) are affected by systematic variations of crystal size, surface coating …

[HTML][HTML] High atomic number nanoparticles to enhance spectral CT imaging aspects

I Mutreja, N Maalej, A Kaushik, D Kumar, A Raja - Materials Advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Spectral CT imaging (multi-energy detection) is a promising imaging technique that can
benefit from the use of high atomic number (high-Z) based nanoparticles (NPs) as contrast …

Isolation methods influence the protein corona composition on gold-coated iron oxide nanoparticles

KNL Hoang, KE Wheeler, CJ Murphy - Analytical Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Upon exposure to a biological environment, nanoparticles (NPs) acquire biomolecular
coatings, the most studied of which is the protein corona. This protein corona gives NPs a …

Internalization kinetics and cytoplasmic localization of functionalized diatomite nanoparticles in cancer cells by Raman imaging

S Managò, N Migliaccio, M Terracciano… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Porous biosilica nanoparticles obtained from diatomites (DNPs) have been recently
demonstrated to be nontoxic nanovectors of therapeutic agents in cancer cells. In this work …

Quantitative analysis of DNA-mediated formation of metal nanocrystals

Y Wang, MJ Counihan, JW Lin… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The predictive synthesis of metal nanocrystals with desired structures relies on the precise
control of the crystal formation process. Using a capping ligand is an effective method to …