Anti-cancer precision theranostics: a focus on multifunctional gold nanoparticles

RM Cabral, PV Baptista - Expert review of molecular diagnostics, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Gold nanoparticles have been appointed as cutting-edge platforms for combined diagnostic
and therapeutic approaches due to their exquisite physicochemical and optical properties. In …

[PDF][PDF] Potential biomedical applications of metallic nanobiomaterials: a review

B Shivaramakrishnan, B Gurumurthy… - International Journal of …, 2017 - academia.edu
Nanobiomaterials are very effective components for several biomedical and pharmaceutical
studies. Among the metallic, organic, ceramic and polymeric nanomaterials, metallic …

Structural‐engineering rationales of gold nanoparticles for cancer theranostics

W Chen, S Zhang, Y Yu, H Zhang, Q He - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Personalized theranostics of cancer is increasingly desired, and can be realized by virtue of
multifunctional nanomaterials with possible high performances. Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) …

Iron oxide nanoparticle-based theranostics for cancer imaging and therapy

X Ren, H Chen, V Yang, D Sun - Frontiers of Chemical Science and …, 2014 - Springer
Theranostic platform, which is equipped with both diagnostic and therapeutic functions, is a
promising approach in cancer treatment. From various nanotheranostics studied, iron oxide …

The chemistry and biology of gold nanoparticle-mediated photothermal therapy: promises and challenges

RM Cabral, PV Baptista - Nano Life, 2013 - World Scientific
Under laser radiation, cells labeled with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are believed to suffer
thermal damage due to the transfer of the absorbed light from the AuNPs to the cells. This …

Inorganic nanoparticles in targeted drug delivery and imaging

HA Santos, LM Bimbo, L Peltonen… - Targeted drug delivery …, 2015 - Springer
One of the major aims in modern nanomedicine is to develop delivery platforms for targeted
delivery of therapeutics or imaging agents for improved therapeutic efficacy, reduced side …

Nanotherapeutic anti-influenza solutions: current knowledge and future challenges

E Gansukh, V Anthonydhason, S Jung, DH Kim… - Journal of Cluster …, 2018 - Springer
Nanotechnology has impacted every aspect of human life and the environment. The raising
concern against influenza outbreaks is an ongoing issue. With the current drugs and natural …

Radiation-induced preparation of core/shell gold/albumin nanoparticles

CY Flores, E Achilli, M Grasselli - Radiation physics and chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles (NPs) are one of the most promising nanomaterials to be used in the
biomedical field. Gold NPs (Au-NPs) have been covered with monolayers of many different …

Chiral Imidazolium-Functionalized Au Nanoparticles: Reversible Aggregation and Molecular Recognition

DA Lomelí-Rosales, II Rangel-Salas… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) stabilized by imidazolium salts derived from amino acids
[glycine (1), rac-alanine (2), l-phenylalanine (3), and rac-methionine (4)] were prepared. The …

A ferritin mediated photochemical method to synthesize biocompatible catalytically active gold nanoparticles: size control synthesis for small (∼ 2 nm), medium (∼ 7 …

OD Petrucci, DC Buck, JK Farrer, RK Watt - RSC advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Ferritin (Ftn) undergoes photo-induced charge separation reactions that oxidize organic
substrates. The liberated electrons are transferred through the protein shell to reduce Au …