Functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) are of great interest due to wide range
applications, especially in nanomedicine. However, they face challenges preventing their …

In recent years, water pollution and pesticide accumulation in the food chain have become a
serious environmental and health hazard problem. Direct determination of these …

In recent decades, the use of engineered nanoparticles has been increasing in various
sectors, including biomedicine, diagnosis, water treatment, and environmental remediation …

Over the last decade, an important challenge in nanomedicine imaging has been the work to
design multifunctional agents that can be detected by single and/or multimodal techniques …

Gene delivery to stem cells is a critical issue of stem cells‐based therapies, still facing
ongoing challenges regarding efficiency and safety. Recent advances in the controlled …

Limitations associated to the use of growth factors represent a major hurdle to
musculoskeletal regeneration. On the one hand, they are needed to induce neo-tissue …

Silica-based nanomaterials (SiNMs) with different forms, including nanoparticles, nanorods
and nanofibers either with a dense, porous or hollow structure, have been demonstrated as …

Advances in gene therapy have been foreshadowing its potential for the treatment of a vast
range of diseases involving genetic malfunctioning. However, its therapeutic efficiency and …

Due to their ultra-small size, inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) have distinct properties
compared to the bulk form. The unique characteristics of NPs are broadly exploited in …

The growing use of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) demands cost-effective methods for their
synthesis that allow proper control of particle size and size distribution. The unique …