Super-resolution imaging techniques that overcome the diffraction limit of light have gained
wide popularity for visualizing cellular structures with nanometric resolution. Following the …

Nanotechnology had matured significantly during the last two decades as it has transitioned
from bench top science to applied technology. Even though the issue of safety of …

Functionalized nanomaterials have extremely useful properties, which can outperform their
conventional counterparts because of their superior chemical, physical, and mechanical …

Low-dimensional (< 10 nm) semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have received great
attention for potential use in biomedical applications (diagnosis and therapy) for which …

Graphene and graphene-based nanomaterials display novel and beneficial chemical,
electrical, mechanical, and optical characteristics, which endow these nanomaterials with …

Environmental pollution is changing with economic development. Most environmental
pollutants are characterized by stable chemical properties, strong migration, potential …

Tremendous research efforts have been devoted to nanoparticles for applications in
optoelectronics and biomedicine. Over the past decade, quantum dots (QDs) have become …

Iron is essential for the human being, involving in oxygen transport, energy metabolism and
DNA synthesis. Iron homeostasis is tightly governed by the hepcidin–ferroportin axis, of …

Increased biomedical applications of quantum dots (QDs) have raised considerable concern
regarding their toxicological impact. However, the toxicity of QDs is largely unknown and the …

To examine the effect of surface chemistry and surface charge on in vivo biodistribution and
toxicity of CdSe/ZnS core–shell quantum dots (QDs), QDs with positive, negative, or PEG …