Airborne transmission of COVID-19: aerosol dispersion, lung deposition, and virus-receptor interactions

YY Zuo, WE Uspal, T Wei - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), due to infection by the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is now causing a global pandemic. Aerosol …

Converting nanotoxicity data to information using artificial intelligence and simulation

X Yan, T Yue, DA Winkler, Y Yin, H Zhu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Decades of nanotoxicology research have generated extensive and diverse data sets.
However, data is not equal to information. The question is how to extract critical information …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in carrier mediated nose-to-brain delivery of pharmaceutics

V Bourganis, O Kammona, A Alexopoulos… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Central nervous system (CNS) disorders (eg, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, etc.)
represent a growing public health issue, primarily due to the increased life expectancy and …

Pulmonary surfactant: a mighty thin film

F Possmayer, YY Zuo, RAW Veldhuizen… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Pulmonary surfactant is a critical component of lung function in healthy individuals. It
functions in part by lowering surface tension in the alveoli, thereby allowing for breathing …

Adverse effects of nanosilver on human health and the environment

E Rezvani, A Rafferty, C McGuinness, J Kennedy - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Silver and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) exhibit antimicrobial properties against some
bacteria, fungi and viruses, however, the ever-increasing application of nanosilver in …

The crucial role of environmental coronas in determining the biological effects of engineered nanomaterials

L Xu, M Xu, R Wang, Y Yin, I Lynch, S Liu - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In aquatic environments, a large number of ecological macromolecules (eg, natural organic
matter (NOM), extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), and proteins) can adsorb onto the …

Understanding the chemical nature of nanoparticle–protein interactions

D Baimanov, R Cai, C Chen - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
The formation of a protein corona has been considered a pitfall in the clinical translation of
nanomedicines. Hence, interdisciplinary studies on corona characterization are critically …

Bioinspired surfaces with wettability: biomolecule adhesion behaviors

H Fan, Z Guo - Biomaterials science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Surface wettability plays an important role in regulating biomolecule adhesion behaviors.
The biomolecule adhesion behaviors of superwettable surfaces have become an important …

Pulmonary delivery nanomedicines towards circumventing physiological barriers: Strategies and characterization approaches

W Wang, Z Huang, Y Huang, X Zhang, J Huang… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pulmonary delivery of nanomedicines is very promising in lung local disease treatments
whereas several physiological barriers limit its application via the interaction with inhaled …

The Lord of the Lungs: The essential role of pulmonary surfactant upon inhalation of nanoparticles

C Garcia-Mouton, A Hidalgo, A Cruz… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid development of nanotechnology is opening a huge world of promising
possibilities in healthcare, but this is also increasing the necessity to study the potential risk …