The role of surface functionalization of silica nanoparticles for bioimaging

MC Gomes, A Cunha, T Trindade… - Journal of Innovative …, 2016 - World Scientific
Among the several types of inorganic nanoparticles available, silica nanoparticles (SNP)
have earned their relevance in biological applications namely, as bioimaging agents. In fact …

Fluorophore-free luminescent double-shelled hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles as pesticide delivery vehicles

L Cao, H Zhang, Z Zhou, C Xu, Y Shan, Y Lin, Q Huang - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) have become popular nanomaterials in
smart delivery systems. Although research progress in the application of MSNs as pesticide …

Multifunctional silica-based nanocomposites for cancer nanotheranostics

L Li, T Liu, C Fu, H Liu, L Tan… - Journal of biomedical …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Nanotheranostics have recently attracted increasing attention for their simultaneous drug
delivery and diagnostic imaging of diseases, particularly in cancer treatment. Among various …

Direct observation of nanoparticles within cells at subcellular levels by super-resolution fluorescence imaging

S Chen, J Wang, B Xin, Y Yang, Y Ma, Y Zhou… - Analytical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Direct observation of nanoparticles with high spatial resolution at subcellular levels is of
great importance to understand the nanotoxicology and promote the biomedical applications …

Novel biodegradable laminarin microparticles for biomedical applications

EJ Castanheira, TR Correia… - Bulletin of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Fabrication of biocompatible polymeric carriers for sustained/controlled drug-delivery have
been extensively explored over the years. Furthermore, systems based on polymers from …

Mesoporous silica nanoparticle-embedded lanthanide organic polyhedra for enhanced stability, luminescence and cell imaging

XS Lin, Y Yu, LP Zhou, L He, T Chen, QF Sun - Dalton Transactions, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
We report here a simple but efficient “ship-in-a-bottle” synthetic strategy for increasing the
stability and luminescence performance of LOPs by embedding them into mesoporous silica …

Luminescence bioimaging with lanthanide complexes

JCG Bünzli - Luminescence of lanthanide ions in coordination …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the structure and functional properties of cells, organs and living organisms
is a key challenge in present‐day biology and medicine, which stimulates the development …

Tailoring the design of a lanthanide complex/magnetic ferrite nanocomposite for efficient photoluminescence and magnetic hyperthermia performance

A Das, S Mohanty, R Kumar… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this work, we have designed a magnetoluminescent nanocomposite as a single platform
for optical imaging and safe magnetic hyperthermia therapy by optimizing the composition of …

Chemical sensors based on a Eu (iii)-centered periodic mesoporous organosilica hybrid material using picolinic acid as an efficient secondary ligand

W Liu, AM Kaczmarek, H Rijckaert… - Dalton …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Through a series of post synthetic modification methods applied to the 100% trans
ethenylene-bridged Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica (ePMO), the lanthanide …

Decorated silica particles with terbium complexes as luminescent biomarker for cell imaging

AMG Mutti, JAO Santos, D Cavalcante, AS Gomes… - Optical Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Most commercially available fluorescent dyes used for cellular images are toxic and their
luminescence is often outshined by the intrinsic autofluorescence of the biological medium …