Fight against COVID-19: The case of antiviral surfaces

K Shirvanimoghaddam, MK Akbari, R Yadav… - Apl Materials, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The COVID-19 pandemic is the largest global public health outbreak in the 21st century so
far. Based on World Health Organization reports, the main source of SARS-CoV-2 infection …

[HTML][HTML] Disturbing cytoskeleton by engineered nanomaterials for enhanced cancer therapeutics

X Xu, S Xu, J Wan, D Wang, X Pang, Y Gao, N Ni… - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Cytoskeleton plays a significant role in the shape change, migration, movement, adhesion,
cytokinesis, and phagocytosis of tumor cells. In clinical practice, some anti-cancer drugs …

[HTML][HTML] Modified nanofiber containing chitosan and graphene oxide-magnetite nanoparticles as effective materials for smart wound dressing

SM Hosseini, M Abdouss, S Mazinani… - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the advent of nanotechnology in the last decades, the development of nanofibers has
shown the potential for wound dressing applications. In this study, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) …

Modifying organic carbon in Fe3O4-loaded schwertmannite to improve heterogeneous Fenton activity through accelerating Fe (II) generation

T Li, Y Chen, X Wang, J Liang, L Zhou - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021 - Elsevier
The conversion of≡ Fe (III) to≡ Fe (II) in the heterogeneous Fenton is low efficient to
enhance catalytic activity. Biogenic schwertmannite (Sch), as an iron-based catalyst, is …

A review of in vivo toxicity of quantum dots in animal models

X Lin, T Chen - International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Tremendous research efforts have been devoted to nanoparticles for applications in
optoelectronics and biomedicine. Over the past decade, quantum dots (QDs) have become …

Do carbon nanotubes and asbestos fibers exhibit common toxicity mechanisms?

SS Gupta, KP Singh, S Gupta, M Dusinska, Q Rahman - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
During the last two decades several nanoscale materials were engineered for industrial and
medical applications. Among them carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are the most exploited …

The DNA damage potential of quantum dots: Toxicity, mechanism and challenge

Y Yao, T Zhang, M Tang - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanoparticles (1–10 nm) with excellent optical and
electrical properties. As QDs show great promise for applications in fields such as …

Versatile delivery systems for non-platinum metal-based anticancer therapeutic agents

Y Gou, GJ Huang, J Li, F Yang, H Liang - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Platinum-based anticancer drugs currently available in the market are associated with
severe side effects. Therefore, extensive research has been performed to design and …

The puzzling potential of carbon nanomaterials: general properties, application, and toxicity

D Jović, V Jaćević, K Kuča, I Borišev, J Mrdjanovic… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Being a member of the nanofamily, carbon nanomaterials exhibit specific properties that
mostly arise from their small size. They have proved to be very promising for application in …

Simple and robust fabrication and characterization of conductive carbonized nanofibers loaded with gold nanoparticles for bone tissue engineering applications

H Nekounam, Z Allahyari, S Gholizadeh… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bone tissue engineering is a new and applicable emerging approach to repair bone defects.
Electrical conductive scaffolds through a physiologically relevant physical signaling, ie …