Chemical mechanisms of nanoparticle radiosensitization and radioprotection: a review of structure-function relationships influencing reactive oxygen species

D Howard, S Sebastian, QVC Le, B Thierry… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Metal nanoparticles are of increasing interest with respect to radiosensitization. The physical
mechanisms of dose enhancement from X-rays interacting with nanoparticles has been well …

Promoting reactive oxygen species generation: a key strategy in nanosensitizer-mediated radiotherapy

S Jia, S Ge, X Fan, KW Leong, J Ruan - Nanomedicine, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The radiotherapy enhancement effect of numerous nanosensitizers is based on the
excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and only a few systematic reviews …

Microfluidic Synthesis of Hybrid TiO2-Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles with Visible and Near-Infrared Activity

M Marelli, F Bossola, G Spinetti, E Sangalli… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Anisotropic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), with their unique physical and optical properties,
are emerging as smart and key nanomaterials and are being exploited in many crucial …

Titanium oxide nano-radiosensitizers for hydrogen peroxide delivery into cancer cells

K Morita, Y Nishimura, S Nakamura, Y Arai… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyacrylic acid-modified titanium peroxide nanoparticles (PAA-TiO x NPs) are promising
radiosensitizers that enhance the therapeutic effect of X-ray irradiation after local injection …

Au@ TiO2 nanocomposites synthesized by X-ray radiolysis as potential radiosensitizers

MCM Higgins, DM Clifford, JV Rojas - Applied Surface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Gold nanoparticles decorated onto titania (anatase) supports were produced through X‐ray
radiolysis, at ambient temperature and pressure in a method that departs from traditional …

An enhanced ceramic conversion treatment of Ti6Al4V alloy surface by a pre-deposited thin gold layer

Z Zhang, Y Zhang, X Li, J Alexander, H Dong - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel approach to produce a hard ceramic hard layer on the surface of Ti6Al4V alloy in a
more efficient way was developed in this research. A thin layer of gold was pre-deposited on …

Synthesis of 198Au nanoparticles sub 10 nm due optimization on local dose by Monte Carlo simulations for cancer treatment

JMZ Villate, JV Rojas, MB Hahn, JA Puerta - Journal of Radioanalytical …, 2022 - Springer
To enhance the biological effects of radiation damage in cancerous cells, we present an
alternative approach to the use of gold nanoparticles (AuNP), focusing on the synthesis and …

Radiocatalytic performance of oxide-based nanoparticles for targeted therapy and water remediation

MM Higgins, A Banu, S Pendleton, JV Rojas - Radiation Physics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The radiocatalytic behavior of zinc oxide (ZnO), hafnia (HfO 2), titania (TiO 2), and gold-
titania (Au@ TiO 2) nanomaterials was investigated through the degradation of methylene …

Structural Changes of TiO2 as a Result of Irradiation by E-Beam and X-Rays

P Paunović, A Grozdanov… - Journal of …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The subject of this research was to monitor and evaluate the effect of X-rays and e-beam
irradiation on the structure of nanoscaled TiO2 and its properties. The samples of …

Nano Anatase TiO2 Quasi-Core–Shell Homophase Junction Induced by a Ti3+ Concentration Difference for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution

S Yu, B Han, Y Lou, G Qian, Z Wang - Inorganic Chemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
The fabrication of heterojunctions or homojunctions between semiconductors is a
controllable strategy to facilitate charge separation in photocatalysis. The homophase …