Sol–gel chemistry offers a flexible approach to obtaining a diverse range of materials. It
allows differing chemistries to be achieved as well as offering the ability to produce a wide …

Malignant brain tumors remain to be highly fatal illnesses with a bleak outlook, as the
average survival rate for patients after receiving medical treatment is less than two years …

Silicon-based materials and their oxides are widely used in drug delivery, dietary
supplements, implants and dental fillers. Silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) interact with …

Recently, silica nanoparticles (SNPs) have drawn widespread attention due to their
applications in many emerging areas because of their tailorable morphology. During the last …

MSNs have attracted increasing interest as drug carriers due to promising in vivo results in
small-animal disease models, especially related to cancer therapy. In most cases small …

The use of nanotechnology in medicine and more specifically drug delivery is set to spread
rapidly. Currently many substances are under investigation for drug delivery and more …

Silica nanoparticles (SNPs) are produced on an industrial scale and are an addition to a
growing number of commercial products. SNPs also have great potential for a variety of …

Synthetic amorphous silica (SAS), in the form of pyrogenic (fumed), precipitated, gel or
colloidal SAS, has been used in a wide variety of industrial and consumer applications …

Silicon is one of the most abundant chemical elements found on the Earth. Due to its unique
chemical and physical properties, silicon based materials and their oxides (eg silica) have …

Advanced bioanalysis, including accurate quantitation, has driven the need to understand
biology and medicine at the molecular level. Bioconjugated silica nanoparticles have the …