An urgent need for early detection and diagnosis of diseases continuously pushes the
advancements of imaging modalities and contrast agents. Current challenges remain for fast …

Semiconducting nanoparticles, more commonly known as quantum dots, possess unique
size and shape dependent optoelectronic properties. In recent years, these unique …

One of the challenges in cancer chemotherapy is the low target to non-target ratio of
therapeutic agents which incur severe adverse effect on the healthy tissues. In this regard …

Soon after they were first described in 1990, aptamers were largely recognized as a new
class of biological ligands that can rival antibodies in various analytical, diagnostic, and …

Delayed diagnosis of cancer using conventional diagnostic modalities needs to be
addressed to reduce the mortality rate of cancer. Recently, 2D nanomaterial-enabled …

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have become important fluorescent probes for in vitro
and in vivo bioimaging research. Their nanoparticle surfaces for versatile bioconjugation …

The understanding of biological systems at the molecular scale is increasingly reliant on the
capability of tracking miscellaneous biomolecules and their events with improved spatial …

Understanding the relationships between the physicochemical properties of engineered
nanomaterials and their toxicity is critical for environmental and health risk analysis …

Nanotechnology has been widely used in the development of new strategies for drug
delivery and cancer therapy. Compared to traditional drug delivery systems, nano-based …

Systemic drug delivery methods such as oral or parenteral administration of free drugs
possess relatively low treatment efficiency and marked adverse side effects. The use of …