Nanocarbons for biology and medicine: sensing, imaging, and drug delivery

N Panwar, AM Soehartono, KK Chan, S Zeng… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nanocarbons with different dimensions (eg, 0D fullerenes and carbon nanodots, 1D carbon
nanotubes and graphene nanoribbons, 2D graphene and graphene oxides, and 3D …

Functional and biomimetic materials for engineering of the three-dimensional cell microenvironment

G Huang, F Li, X Zhao, Y Ma, Y Li, M Lin, G Jin… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The cell microenvironment has emerged as a key determinant of cell behavior and function
in development, physiology, and pathophysiology. The extracellular matrix (ECM) within the …

Carbon-based nanomaterials as an emerging platform for theranostics

KD Patel, RK Singh, HW Kim - Materials Horizons, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon-based nanomaterials include fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphene and its
derivatives, graphene oxide, nanodiamonds, and carbon-based quantum dots. Due to their …

[HTML][HTML] Nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems for photodynamic therapy of cancer: a review

GMF Calixto, J Bernegossi, LM De Freitas, CR Fontana… - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising alternative approach for improved cancer
treatment. In PDT, a photosensitizer (PS) is administered that can be activated by light of a …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetite nanoparticles for cancer diagnosis, treatment, and treatment monitoring: recent advances

RA Revia, M Zhang - Materials today, 2016 - Elsevier
The development of nanoparticles (NPs) for use in all facets of oncological disease
detection and therapy has shown great progress over the past two decades. NPs have been …

Construction of iron oxide nanoparticle-based hybrid platforms for tumor imaging and therapy

Y Hu, S Mignani, JP Majoral, M Shen… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The aim of this original review is to highlight and analyze the most recent progress and
challenges in the synthesis and surface modifications of superparamagnetic iron oxide …

Self‐assembled fullerene nanostructures: synthesis and applications

AV Baskar, MR Benzigar… - Advanced functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Functionalized fullerene nanostructures are a distinct class of materials that exhibit the
combined properties of both fullerene and nanostructures including excellent optoelectronic …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress on carbon-based composites in multidimensional applications

K Yang, F Zhang, Y Chen, H Zhang, B Xiong… - Composites Part A …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, carbon materials reinforced composites have aroused widespread interests
owing to their remarkable physicochemical performances and important biological …

[HTML][HTML] Fullerene: biomedical engineers get to revisit an old friend

S Goodarzi, T Da Ros, J Conde, F Sefat, M Mozafari - Materials Today, 2017 - Elsevier
In 1985, the serendipitous discovery of fullerene triggered the research of carbon structures
into the world of symmetric nanomaterials. Consequently, Robert F. Curl, Harold W. Kroto …

Nanotherapeutic intervention in photodynamic therapy for cancer

AM Itoo, M Paul, SG Padaga, B Ghosh, S Biswas - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
The clinical need for photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been growing for several decades.
Notably, PDT is often used in oncology to treat a variety of tumors since it is a low-risk …