Recent advances in nanotechnology are as a result of the development of engineered
nanoparticles. Efficiently, metallic nanoparticles have been widely exploited for biomedical …

The objective of this manuscript is to provide quantitative insights into the tissue distribution
of nanoparticles. Published pharmacokinetics of nanoparticles in plasma, tumor and 13 …

Gold is a precious metal with a characteristic bright and beautiful hue known as the golden
yellow color.(1) As of 2012, a total of 174,100 tons of Au has been mined in human history …

Targeted drug delivery refers to an established therapeutic strategy that develops platforms
and nanoscale devices for selective delivery of small drug molecules and therapeutic genes …

Nanotheranostics is to apply and further develop nanomedicine strategies for advanced
theranostics. This review summarizes the various nanocarriers developed so far in the …

Polymer–drug conjugates are becoming established as a shining platform for drug delivery.
Incorporation of pH-responsive linker between drug and polymer is expected to realize …

Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) can offer structural, functional and molecular contrasts at
scalable observation level. By ultrasonically overcoming the strong optical scattering, this …

Nanotechnology-based antitumor drug delivery systems, known as nanocarriers, have
demonstrated their efficacy in recent years. Typically, the size of the nanocarriers is around …

Gold nanostructures possess unique characteristics that enable their use as contrast agents,
as therapeutic entities, and as scaffolds to adhere functional molecules, therapeutic cargo …

Gold nanorods (GNRs) conjugated with rose bengal (RB) molecules exhibit efficient singlet
oxygen generation when illuminated by 532 nm green light and high photothermal efficiency …