Mesoporous silica nanoparticles: Facile surface functionalization and versatile biomedical applications in oncology

R Huang, YW Shen, YY Guan, YX Jiang, Y Wu… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) have received increasing interest due to their
tunable particle size, large surface area, stable framework, and easy surface modification …

Silicon-containing nanomedicine and biomaterials: materials chemistry, multi-dimensional design, and biomedical application

L Chen, S Zhang, Y Duan, X Song, M Chang… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The invention of silica-based bioactive glass in the late 1960s has sparked significant
interest in exploring a wide range of silicon-containing biomaterials from the macroscale to …

Engineering plasmonic nanoparticles for enhanced photoacoustic imaging

Y Mantri, JV Jokerst - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is an emerging imaging modality whereby pulsed laser
illumination generates pressure transients that are detectable using conventional …

Semiconducting polymer nanoparticles for centimeters‐deep photoacoustic imaging in the second near‐infrared window

J Wu, L You, L Lan, HJ Lee, ST Chaudhry… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Thienoisoindigo‐based semiconducting polymer with a strong near‐infrared absorbance is
synthesized and its water‐dispersed nanoparticles (TSPNs) are investigated as a contrast …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering tumor-targeting nanoparticles as vehicles for precision nanomedicine

A Gonda, N Zhao, JV Shah, HR Calvelli, H Kantamneni… - Med one, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As a nascent and emerging field that holds great potential for precision oncology,
nanotechnology has been envisioned to improve drug delivery and imaging capabilities …

Emerging indocyanine green-integrated nanocarriers for multimodal cancer therapy: a review

K Gowsalya, V Yasothamani, R Vivek - Nanoscale Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanotechnology is a branch of science dealing with the development of new types of
nanomaterials by several methods. In the biomedical field, nanotechnology is widely used in …

Efficient photoacoustic imaging using indocyanine green (ICG) loaded functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles

Z Chaudhary, GM Khan, MM Abeer, N Pujara… - Biomaterials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is gaining momentum due to its greater depth of field, low
background, and 3D imaging capabilities. However, traditional PA imaging agents (eg dyes …

Janus silver/silica nanoplatforms for light-activated liver cancer chemo/photothermal therapy

Z Wang, Z Chang, M Lu, D Shao, J Yue… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Stimuli-triggered nanoplatforms have become attractive candidates for combined strategies
for advanced liver cancer treatment. In this study, we designed a light-responsive …

Cyanine based nanoprobes for cancer theranostics

P Bhattarai, Z Dai - Advanced healthcare materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cyanine dyes are greatly accredited in the development of non‐invasive therapy that can
“see” and “treat” tumor cells via imaging, photothermal and photodynamic treatment …

Tuning optical properties of BODIPY dyes by pyrrole conjugation for photoacoustic imaging

JM Merkes, T Lammers, R Kancherla… - Advanced Optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is increasingly employed in (pre‐) clinical research, thus,
development of suitable contrast agents, in particular fluorescence‐quenched …