Biological utility of fluorinated compounds: from materials design to molecular imaging, therapeutics and environmental remediation

C Zhang, K Yan, C Fu, H Peng, CJ Hawker… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The applications of fluorinated molecules in bioengineering and nanotechnology are
expanding rapidly with the controlled introduction of fluorine being broadly studied due to …

Stimuli-responsive nanobubbles for biomedical applications

R Xiong, RX Xu, C Huang, S De Smedt… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Stimuli-responsive nanobubbles have received increased attention for their application in
spatial and temporal resolution of diagnostic techniques and therapies, particularly in …

[HTML][HTML] Radiolabelling of nanomaterials for medical imaging and therapy

J Pellico, PJ Gawne, RTM de Rosales - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanomaterials offer unique physical, chemical and biological properties of interest for
medical imaging and therapy. Over the last two decades, there has been an increasing effort …

Applications of nanoparticles in biomedical imaging

X Han, K Xu, O Taratula, K Farsad - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

On the existence and stability of bulk nanobubbles

N Nirmalkar, AW Pacek, M Barigou - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
Bulk nanobubbles are a novel type of nanoscale bubble system. Because of their
extraordinary behavior, however, their existence is not widely accepted. In this paper, we …

Drug delivery system based on nanobubbles

J Jin, L Yang, F Chen, N Gu - Interdisciplinary Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasound (US) medical technology is widely used due to its advantages of safety, speed,
and low cost. With the rapid development of biomedical nanotechnology …

Controllable synthesis of functional nanoparticles by microfluidic platforms for biomedical applications–a review

J Ma, SMY Lee, C Yi, CW Li - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoparticles have drawn significant attention in biomedicine due to their unique optical,
thermal, magnetic and electrical properties which are highly related to their size and …

[HTML][HTML] Interpreting the interfacial and colloidal stability of bulk nanobubbles

N Nirmalkar, AW Pacek, M Barigou - Soft matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper elucidates parts of the mystery behind the interfacial and colloidal stability of the
novel bubble system of bulk nanobubbles. Stable bulk nanobubble suspensions have been …

Nested nanobubbles for ultrasound-triggered drug release

DVB Batchelor, RH Abou-Saleh… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Because of their size (1–10 μm), microbubble-based drug delivery agents suffer from
confinement to the vasculature, limiting tumor penetration and potentially reducing the drug …

[HTML][HTML] Current advances in ultrasound-combined nanobubbles for cancer-targeted therapy: a review of the current status and future perspectives

C Su, XJ Ren, F Nie, T Li, W Lv, H Li, Y Zhang - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The non-specific distribution, non-selectivity towards cancerous cells, and adverse off-target
side effects of anticancer drugs and other therapeutic molecules lead to their inferior clinical …