Nanoparticles in biomedical applications

K McNamara, SAM Tofail - Advances in Physics: X, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Nanoparticles are defined as solid colloidal particles ranging in size from 10 to 1000 nm.
Nanoparticles offer many benefits to larger particles such as increased surface-to-volume …

Diverse applications of nanomedicine

B Pelaz, C Alexiou, RA Alvarez-Puebla, F Alves… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The design and use of materials in the nanoscale size range for addressing medical and
health-related issues continues to receive increasing interest. Research in nanomedicine …

Spinel ferrite nanoparticles and nanocomposites for biomedical applications and their toxicity

KK Kefeni, TAM Msagati, TTI Nkambule… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the biomedical applications and toxicity of spinel ferrite nanoparticles
(SFNPs) with more emphasis on the recently published work. A critical review is provided on …

pH-sensitive delivery vehicle based on folic acid-conjugated polydopamine-modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles for targeted cancer therapy

W Cheng, J Nie, L Xu, C Liang, Y Peng… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
In this study, we introduced a targeting polymer poly (ethylene glycol)–folic acid (PEG–FA)
on the surface of polydopamine (PDA)-modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) to …

Magnetic nanoparticle-based drug delivery for cancer therapy

R Tietze, J Zaloga, H Unterweger, S Lyer… - Biochemical and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles have belonged to various fields of biomedical research for quite some time. A
promising site-directed application in the field of nanomedicine is drug targeting using …

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticulate system: synthesis, targeting, drug delivery and therapy in cancer

S Palanisamy, YM Wang - Dalton transactions, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer is a global epidemic and is considered a leading cause of death. Various cancer
treatments such as chemotherapy, surgery, and radiotherapy are available for the cure but …

Biomedical applications of gold nanoparticles

D Cabuzu, A Cirja, R Puiu… - Current topics in …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Gold nanoparticles may be used in different domains, one of most important being the
biomedical field. They have suitable properties for controlled drug delivery, cancer …

Biosynthesis of core–shell α-Fe2O3@Au nanotruffles and their biomedical applications

HQ Alijani, A Fathi, HIM Amin, MA Lima Nobre… - Biomass Conversion …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Core/shell Fe@ Au nanostructures with their unique physicochemical properties
have been widely studied in a wide variety of biomedical programs, such as imaging …

Design and synthesis of multi-functional superparamagnetic core-gold shell nanoparticles coated with chitosan and folate for targeted antitumor therapy

S Al-Musawi, S Albukhaty, H Al-Karagoly, F Almalki - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
A dual-targeting nanomedicine composed of pH-sensitive superparamagnetic iron oxide
core-gold shell SPION@ Au, chitosan (CS), and folate (FA) was developed as a doxorubicin …

Core–shell nanoparticles used in drug delivery-microfluidics: A review

Z Mahdavi, H Rezvani, MK Moraveji - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Developments in the fields of lab-on-a-chip and microfluidic technology have benefited
nanomaterial production processes due to fluid miniaturization. The ability to acquire …