How toxic are gold nanoparticles? The state-of-the-art

I Fratoddi, I Venditti, C Cametti, MV Russo - Nano Research, 2015 - Springer
With the growing interest in the applications of gold nanoparticles in biotechnology and their
physiological effects, possible toxicity of gold nanoparticles is becoming an increasingly …

Gold Nanorods as Contrast Agents for Biological Imaging: Optical Properties, Surface Conjugation and Photothermal Effects

L Tong, Q Wei, A Wei, JX Cheng - Photochemistry and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Gold nanorods (NRs) have plasmon‐resonant absorption and scattering in the near‐infrared
(NIR) region, making them attractive probes for in vitro and in vivo imaging. In the cellular …

The importance of the CTAB surfactant on the colloidal seed-mediated synthesis of gold nanorods

DK Smith, BA Korgel - Langmuir, 2008 - ACS Publications
Gold nanorods were synthesized by the colloidal seed-mediated, surfactant-assisted
approach [Gou et al., Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 3668− 3672] using CTAB …

Cationic lipids and methods for the delivery of therapeutic agents

J Heyes, L Palmer, M Maslowski… - US Patent 8,569,256, 2013 - Google Patents
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Lipid formulations for nucleic acid delivery

E Yaworski, K Lam, L Jeffs, L Palmer… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
The present invention provides novel, stable lipid particles comprising one or more active
agents or therapeutic agents, methods of making the lipid particles, and methods of deliv …

Lipid encapsulated interfering RNA

I Maclachlan, LR Palmer, J Heyes - US Patent 7,799,565, 2010 - Google Patents
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encapsulated interfering RNA - Google Patents Lipid encapsulated interfering RNA …

Cationic lipids and methods of use

J Heyes, I Maclachlan, LR Palmer - US Patent 7,745,651, 2010 - Google Patents
The present invention provides novel cationic lipids that have increased flexibility over
commonly used cationic lipids (such as DODAC and DODMA). When incorporated into lipid …

Modification of gold nanorods using phosphatidylcholine to reduce cytotoxicity

H Takahashi, Y Niidome, T Niidome, K Kaneko… - Langmuir, 2006 - ACS Publications
Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), which is necessary for the preparation of
gold nanorods (NRs), was extracted from a NR solution into a chloroform phase containing …

Common pitfalls in nanotechnology: lessons learned from NCI's Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory

RM Crist, JH Grossman, AK Patri, ST Stern… - Integrative …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory's (NCL) unique set-up has
allowed our lab to handle and test a variety of nanoparticle platforms intended for the …

Coating matters: Review on colloidal stability of nanoparticles with biocompatible coatings in biological media, living cells and organisms

J Schubert, M Chanana - Current medicinal chemistry, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Within the last two decades, the field of nanomedicine has not developed as successfully as
has widely been hoped for. The main reason for this is the immense complexity of the …