Photothermal nanomaterials: a powerful light-to-heat converter

X Cui, Q Ruan, X Zhuo, X Xia, J Hu, R Fu, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

Review on metal nanoparticles as nanocarriers: Current challenges and perspectives in drug delivery systems

V Chandrakala, V Aruna, G Angajala - Emergent Materials, 2022 - Springer
Over the past few years, nanotechnology has been attracting considerable research
attention because of their outstanding mechanical, electromagnetic and optical properties …

CRISPR-Cas13a-powered electrochemical biosensor for the detection of the L452R mutation in clinical samples of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Z Chen, C Wu, Y Yuan, Z Xie, T Li, H Huang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Since the end of 2019, a highly contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has deprived numerous lives worldwide, called …

Direct Bottom-Up In Situ Growth: A Paradigm Shift for Studies in Wet-Chemical Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles

GA Vinnacombe-Willson, Y Conti, A Stefancu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic gold nanoparticles have been used increasingly in solid-state systems because
of their applicability in fabricating novel sensors, heterogeneous catalysts, metamaterials …

Rapid, ultrasensitive, and quantitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 using antisense oligonucleotides directed electrochemical biosensor chip

M Alafeef, K Dighe, P Moitra, D Pan - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
A large-scale diagnosis of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-
2) is essential to downregulate its spread within as well as across communities and mitigate …

Selective naked-eye detection of SARS-CoV-2 mediated by N gene targeted antisense oligonucleotide capped plasmonic nanoparticles

P Moitra, M Alafeef, K Dighe, MB Frieman, D Pan - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
The current outbreak of the pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the
severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) demands its rapid …

Multifunctional gold nanoparticles: a novel nanomaterial for various medical applications and biological activities

X Hu, Y Zhang, T Ding, J Liu, H Zhao - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nanotechnology has become a trending area in science and has made great advances with
the development of functional, engineered nanoparticles. Various metal nanoparticles have …

[HTML][HTML] PLGA-based composites for various biomedical applications

CV Rocha, V Gonçalves, MC da Silva… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polymeric materials have been extensively explored in the field of nanomedicine; within
them, poly lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) holds a prominent position in micro-and …

The critical impacts of ligands on heterogeneous nanocatalysis: A review

L Lu, S Zou, B Fang - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ligand utilization is a necessary and powerful technique for the colloidal synthesis of
nanoparticles (NPs) with controllable sizes and regulated morphologies. For catalysis …

The role of ligands in the chemical synthesis and applications of inorganic nanoparticles

A Heuer-Jungemann, N Feliu, I Bakaimi… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The design of nanoparticles is critical for their efficient use in many applications ranging from
biomedicine to sensing and energy. While shape and size are responsible for the properties …