Gold nanorods have promising applications in the fields of drug delivery and photothermal
therapy. These promises arise from the nanorods' unique optical and photothermal …

Insulin is essential for type 1 and advanced type 2 diabetics to maintain blood glucose levels
and prolong lives. The traditional administration requires frequent subcutaneous insulin …

The temperature distribution throughout arrays of illuminated metal nanoparticles is
investigated numerically and experimentally. The two cases of continuous and femtosecond …

Green chemistry, in particular, the principle of atom economy, has defined new criteria for
the efficient and sustainable production of synthetic compounds. In complex nanomaterials …

Externally triggerable drug delivery systems provide a strategy for the delivery of therapeutic
agents preferentially to a target site, presenting the ability to enhance therapeutic efficacy …

On-demand, local delivery of drug molecules to target tissues provides a means for effective
drug dosing while reducing the adverse effects of systemic drug delivery. This work explores …

Review of basic principles and recent developments in the area of stimuli responsive
polymeric capsules and nanoshells formed via layer-by-layer (LbL) is presented. The most …

Graphene oxide has unique physiochemical properties, showing great potential in
biomedical applications. In the present work, functionalized reduced graphene oxide (PEG …

Conventional cancer chemotherapies often exhibit insufficient therapeutic outcomes and
dose-limiting toxicity. Therefore, there is a need for novel therapeutics and formulations with …

Antibiotics were once the golden bullet to constrain infectious bacteria. However, the rapid
and continuing emergence of antibiotic resistance (AR) among infectious microbial …