[HTML][HTML] Silica nanoparticles: Biomedical applications and toxicity

Y Huang, P Li, R Zhao, L Zhao, J Liu, S Peng… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) are composed of silicon dioxide, the most abundant compound
on Earth, and are used widely in many applications including the food industry, synthetic …

Synthetic amorphous silica nanoparticles: toxicity, biomedical and environmental implications

JG Croissant, KS Butler, JI Zink, CJ Brinker - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Natural silica and silicates are predominantly crystalline and constitute the most abundant
components of the Earth's crust. Man-made silica is typically amorphous and manufactured …

Recent progress of fluorescent materials for fingermarks detection in forensic science and anti-counterfeiting

AA Ansari, KM Aldajani, AN AlHazaa… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review summarized the applied techniques and applied nanomaterials (NMs) for the
progress of latent fingerprints (LFPs) images on several surfaces. Used numerous types of …

A historical review of brain drug delivery

WM Pardridge - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The history of brain drug delivery is reviewed beginning with the first demonstration, in 1914,
that a drug for syphilis, salvarsan, did not enter the brain, due to the presence of a blood …

An investigation into the leaching of micro and nano particles and chemical pollutants from disposable face masks-linked to the COVID-19 pandemic

GL Sullivan, J Delgado-Gallardo, TM Watson, S Sarp - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
The production of disposable plastic face masks (DPFs) in China alone has reached to
approximately 200 million a day, in a global effort to tackle the spread of the new SARS-CoV …

Effects of nano-and microplastics on kidney: physicochemical properties, bioaccumulation, oxidative stress and immunoreaction

X Meng, J Zhang, W Wang, G Gonzalez-Gil… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The potential toxicity of nanoplastics (NPs) and microplastics (MPs) has raised concerns.
However, knowledge of the effects of NPs/MPs on the health of mammals is still limited. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Silica nanoparticles: A review of their safety and current strategies to overcome biological barriers

TI Janjua, Y Cao, F Kleitz, M Linden, C Yu… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Silica nanoparticles (SNP) have gained tremendous attention in the recent decades. They
have been used in many different biomedical fields including diagnosis, biosensing and …

Environmental risks of polymer materials from disposable face masks linked to the COVID-19 pandemic

H Du, S Huang, J Wang - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The indispensable role of plastic products in our daily life is highlighted by the COVID-19
pandemic again. Disposable face masks, made of polymer materials, as effective and cheap …

The hemocompatibility of nanoparticles: a review of cell–nanoparticle interactions and hemostasis

KM de la Harpe, PPD Kondiah, YE Choonara… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Understanding cell–nanoparticle interactions is critical to developing effective nanosized
drug delivery systems. Nanoparticles have already advanced the treatment of several …

Anionic nanoparticles enable the oral delivery of proteins by enhancing intestinal permeability

NG Lamson, A Berger, KC Fein… - Nature biomedical …, 2020 - nature.com
The oral delivery of bioactive peptides and proteins is prevented by the intestinal epithelial
barrier, in which intercellular tight junction complexes block the uptake of macromolecules …