The detection of cancer biomarkers in histological samples and blood is of paramount
importance for clinical diagnosis. Current methods are limited in terms of sensitivity …

Semiconducting nanoparticles, more commonly known as quantum dots, possess unique
size and shape dependent optoelectronic properties. In recent years, these unique …

All nanomaterials share a common feature of large surface-to-volume ratio, making their
surfaces the dominant player in many physical and chemical processes. Surface ligands …

Luminescent semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are one of the more popular nanomaterials
currently utilized within biological applications. However, what is not widely appreciated is …

Bionanotechnology has now become firmly established in its own right as one of the
principle and focused subdisciplines within nanotechnology.(1-10) Bionanotechnology can …

Iron oxide nanoparticles are one of the most versatile and safe nanomaterials used in
medicine. Recent progress in nanochemistry enables fine control of the size, crystallinity …

Modern biomedical imaging technologies have led to significant advances in diagnosis and
therapy. Because most disease processes occur at the molecular and cellular levels …

Many kinds of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) including semiconductor, metal, metal oxide,
and lanthanide-doped NPs have been developed for imaging and therapy applications …

Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are attractive alternative optical probes and good biocompatible
materials due to their special physical and chemical properties. However, GNPs have a …

In this report we review some of the recent progress made for enhancing the biocompatibility
of luminescent quantum dots (QDs) and for developing targeted bio-inspired applications …