Emerging ultrasmall luminescent nanoprobes for in vivo bioimaging

S Li, J Wei, Q Yao, X Song, J Xie, H Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoluminescence (PL) imaging has become a fundamental tool in disease diagnosis,
therapeutic evaluation, and surgical navigation applications. However, it remains a big …

Form follows function: nanoparticle shape and its implications for nanomedicine

C Kinnear, TL Moore, L Rodriguez-Lorenzo… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review is a comprehensive description of the past decade of research into
understanding how the geometry and size of nanoparticles affect their interaction with …

The Effect of Nanoparticle Size on In Vivo Pharmacokinetics and Cellular Interaction

N Hoshyar, S Gray, H Han, G Bao - Nanomedicine, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Nanoparticle-based technologies offer exciting new approaches to disease diagnostics and
therapeutics. To take advantage of unique properties of nanoscale materials and structures …

Nanoparticle uptake: the phagocyte problem

HH Gustafson, D Holt-Casper, DW Grainger… - Nano today, 2015 - Elsevier
Phagocytes are key cellular participants determining important aspects of host exposure to
nanomaterials, initiating clearance, biodistribution and the tenuous balance between host …

Physical principles of nanoparticle cellular endocytosis

S Zhang, H Gao, G Bao - ACS nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
This review article focuses on the physiochemical mechanisms underlying nanoparticle
uptake into cells. When nanoparticles are in close vicinity to a cell, the interactions between …

Entry of nanoparticles into cells: The importance of nanoparticle properties

J Zhao, MH Stenzel - Polymer Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Knowledge of the interactions between nanoparticles (NPs) and cell membranes is of great
importance for the design of safe and efficient nanomedicines. Extensive studies aimed at …

Graphene microsheets enter cells through spontaneous membrane penetration at edge asperities and corner sites

Y Li, H Yuan, A von Dem Bussche… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding and controlling the interaction of graphene-based materials with cell
membranes is key to the development of graphene-enabled biomedical technologies and to …

Chemical basis of interactions between engineered nanoparticles and biological systems

Q Mu, G Jiang, L Chen, H Zhou, D Fourches… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
As defined by the European Commission, a nanomaterial is a natural, an incidental, or a
manufactured material containing particles in an unbound state or as an aggregate or …

Endocytosis at the nanoscale

I Canton, G Battaglia - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Endocytosis is a fundamental process in which eukaryotic cells internalise molecules and
macromolecules via deformation of the membrane and generation of membrane-bound …

Effect of gold nanoparticle aggregation on cell uptake and toxicity

A Albanese, WCW Chan - ACS nano, 2011 - ACS Publications
Aggregation appears to be a ubiquitous phenomenon among all nanoparticles and its
influence in mediating cellular uptake and interactions remain unclear. Here we developed …