Bioinspired nanomodification strategies: moving from chemical-based agrosystems to sustainable agriculture

L Xu, Z Zhu, DW Sun - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Agrochemicals have supported the development of the agricultural economy and national
population over the past century. However, excessive applications of agrochemicals pose …

Stabilization of silver and gold nanoparticles: preservation and improvement of plasmonic functionalities

H Kang, JT Buchman, RS Rodriguez, HL Ring… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Noble metal nanoparticles have been extensively studied to understand and apply their
plasmonic responses, upon coupling with electromagnetic radiation, to research areas such …

Near-infrared photodynamic and photothermal co-therapy based on organic small molecular dyes

S Guo, D Gu, Y Yang, J Tian, X Chen - Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2023 - Springer
Near-infrared (NIR) organic small molecule dyes (OSMDs) are effective photothermal agents
for photothermal therapy (PTT) due to their advantages of low cost and toxicity, good …

Nanotechnology-based approaches in anticancer research

NR Jabir, S Tabrez, GM Ashraf, S Shakil… - International journal …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer is a highly complex disease to understand, because it entails multiple cellular
physiological systems. The most common cancer treatments are restricted to chemotherapy …

Emerging albumin-binding anticancer drugs for tumor-targeted drug delivery: current understandings and clinical translation

H Cho, SI Jeon, CH Ahn, MK Shim, K Kim - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Albumin has shown remarkable promise as a natural drug carrier by improving
pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles of anticancer drugs for tumor-targeted delivery. The …

Small gold nanorods laden macrophages for enhanced tumor coverage in photothermal therapy

Z Li, H Huang, S Tang, Y Li, XF Yu, H Wang, P Li… - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
One of the challenges to adopt photothermal ablation clinically is optimization of the agent
delivery in vivo. Herein, a cell-mediated delivery and therapy system by employing …

H2O2-Responsive Gold Nanoclusters @ Mesoporous Silica @ Manganese Dioxide Nanozyme for “Off/On” Modulation and Enhancement of Magnetic Resonance …

Z Yin, Q Ji, D Wu, Z Li, M Fan, H Zhang… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In order to achieve safe and high-efficient photodynamic therapy (PDT), it was a powerful
strategy of constructing O2-generated nanozyme with intelligent “off/on” modulation and …

Microfluidic formulation of anticancer peptide loaded ZIF-8 nanoparticles for the treatment of breast cancer

J Qiu, MA Tomeh, Y Jin, B Zhang, X Zhao - Journal of Colloid and Interface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anticancer peptides (ACPs) are promising antitumor drugs owning to their great cancer cell
targeting and anticancer effects as well as low drug resistance. However, many of the ACPs …

Progress in lignin hydrogels and nanocomposites for water purification: Future perspectives

S Thakur, PP Govender, MA Mamo, S Tamulevicius… - Vacuum, 2017 - Elsevier
Lignin is one of the most abundant natural polymers after cellulose and has attracted great
attention in academia as well as in industry for miscellaneous applications. Lignin also …

Trends of gold nanoparticle-based drug delivery system in cancer therapy

G Ajnai, A Chiu, T Kan, CC Cheng, TH Tsai… - Journal of Experimental & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Following surgical removal of malignant tumors, chemotherapeutic intervention usually is
subsequently applied in patients with advanced stages of cancer. Most chemotherapeutic …