Metal oxide nanoparticles as biomedical materials

MP Nikolova, MS Chavali - Biomimetics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The development of new nanomaterials with high biomedical performance and low toxicity is
essential to obtain more efficient therapy and precise diagnostic tools and devices. Recently …

Synthesis, characterization, applications, and challenges of iron oxide nanoparticles

A Ali, H Zafar, M Zia, I ul Haq, AR Phull… - Nanotechnology …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Recently, iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted much consideration due to their
unique properties, such as superparamagnetism, surface-to-volume ratio, greater surface …

Fundamentals and advances in magnetic hyperthermia

EA Perigo, G Hemery, O Sandre, D Ortega… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Nowadays, magnetic hyperthermia constitutes a complementary approach to cancer
treatment. The use of magnetic particles as heating mediators, proposed in the 1950s …

Nanoparticles in magnetic resonance imaging: from simple to dual contrast agents

J Estelrich, MJ Sánchez-Martín… - International journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become one of the most widely used and powerful
tools for noninvasive clinical diagnosis owing to its high degree of soft tissue contrast, spatial …

Biological applications of magnetic nanoparticles

M Colombo, S Carregal-Romero, MF Casula… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review an overview about biological applications of magnetic colloidal nanoparticles
will be given, which comprises their synthesis, characterization, and in vitro and in vivo …

The toxic effects and mechanisms of CuO and ZnO nanoparticles

YN Chang, M Zhang, L Xia, J Zhang, G Xing - Materials, 2012 - mdpi.com
Recent nanotechnological advances suggest that metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have
been expected to be used in various fields, ranging from catalysis and opto-electronic …

(Intra) cellular stability of inorganic nanoparticles: effects on cytotoxicity, particle functionality, and biomedical applications

SJ Soenen, WJ Parak, J Rejman, B Manshian - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
In recent years, the growth in the field of nanotechnology has stimulated many other areas,
which eventually may involve everyday life uses as well as high-tech biomedical …

Nanomedicine (s) under the microscope

R Duncan, R Gaspar - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2011 - ACS Publications
Depending on the context, nanotechnologies developed as nanomedicines (nanosized
therapeutics and imaging agents) are presented as either a remarkable technological …

Cellular uptake, intracellular trafficking, and cytotoxicity of nanomaterials

F Zhao, Y Zhao, Y Liu, X Chang, C Chen, Y Zhao - small, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The interactions of nanoparticles with the soft surfaces of biological systems like cells play
key roles in executing their biomedical functions and in toxicity. The discovery or design of …

Applications and potential toxicity of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

G Liu, J Gao, H Ai, X Chen - Small, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to their unique physical and chemical properties, magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles
have become a powerful platform in many diverse aspects of biomedicine, including …