Review on nanoparticles and nanostructured materials: Bioimaging, biosensing, drug delivery, tissue engineering, antimicrobial, and agro-food applications

V Harish, D Tewari, M Gaur, AB Yadav, S Swaroop… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the last few decades, the vast potential of nanomaterials for biomedical and healthcare
applications has been extensively investigated. Several case studies demonstrated that …

Photoluminescent and chromic nanomaterials for anticounterfeiting technologies: recent advances and future challenges

A Abdollahi, H Roghani-Mamaqani, B Razavi… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Counterfeiting and inverse engineering of security and confidential documents, such as
banknotes, passports, national cards, certificates, and valuable products, has significantly …

Enhancing the light reactions of photosynthesis: Strategies, controversies, and perspectives

D Leister - Molecular Plant, 2023 - cell.com
Photosynthesis is central to life on Earth, employing sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to
produce chemical energy and oxygen. It is generally accepted that boosting its efficiency …

Planar and twisted molecular structure leads to the high brightness of semiconducting polymer nanoparticles for NIR-IIa fluorescence imaging

S Liu, H Ou, Y Li, H Zhang, J Liu, X Lu… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Semiconducting polymer nanoparticles (SPNs) emitting in the second near-infrared window
(NIR-II, 1000–1700 nm) are promising materials for deep-tissue optical imaging in …

Review of functionalized nanomaterials for photothermal therapy of cancers

W Bian, Y Wang, Z Pan, N Chen, X Li… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photothermal therapy (PTT) is recognized as a promising approach for cancer theranostics
via the nonradiative conversion of light into heat energy. PTT treatment is able to reduce the …

Nanoparticle probes for the detection of cancer biomarkers, cells, and tissues by fluorescence

AB Chinen, CM Guan, JR Ferrer, SN Barnaby… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States, trailing only heart
disease in incidence. Despite significant worldwide investment in research, cancer remains …

Preparation, characterization, evaluation and mechanistic study of organic polymer nano-photocatalysts for solar fuel production

MV Pavliuk, S Wrede, A Liu, A Brnovic… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Production of renewable fuels from solar energy and abundant resourses, such as water
and carbon dioxide, via photocatalytic reactions is seen as a promising strategy to …

A highly efficient and photostable photosensitizer with near‐infrared aggregation‐induced emission for image‐guided photodynamic anticancer therapy

W Wu, D Mao, F Hu, S Xu, C Chen… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), which relies on photosensitizers (PS) and light to generate
reactive oxygen species to kill cancer cells or bacteria, has attracted much attention in recent …

Polymer-encapsulated organic nanoparticles for fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging

K Li, B Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer encapsulated organic nanoparticles have recently attracted increasing attention in
the biomedical field because of their unique optical properties, easy fabrication and …

Recent progress on semiconducting polymer nanoparticles for molecular imaging and cancer phototherapy

J Li, J Rao, K Pu - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
As a new class of organic optical nanomaterials, semiconducting polymer nanoparticles
(SPNs) have the advantages of excellent optical properties, high photostability, facile …