Nanoscale strategies for light harvesting

S Kundu, A Patra - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Recent advances and the current status of challenging light-harvesting nanomaterials, such
as semiconducting quantum dots (QDs), metal nanoparticles, semiconductor–metal …

Polymeric nanostructured materials for biomedical applications

Z Tang, C He, H Tian, J Ding, BS Hsiao, B Chu… - Progress in Polymer …, 2016 - Elsevier
Polymeric nanostructured materials (PNMs), which are polymeric materials in nanoscale or
polymer composites containing nanomaterials, have become increasingly useful for …

Surface functionalization of nanoparticles with polyethylene glycol: effects on protein adsorption and cellular uptake

B Pelaz, P del Pino, P Maffre, R Hartmann, M Gallego… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Here we have investigated the effect of enshrouding polymer-coated nanoparticles (NPs)
with polyethylene glycol (PEG) on the adsorption of proteins and uptake by cultured cells …

Selected standard protocols for the synthesis, phase transfer, and characterization of inorganic colloidal nanoparticles

J Hühn, C Carrillo-Carrion, MG Soliman… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Synthesis, characterization, and applications of colloidal nanoparticles have been a
prominent topic of current research interests within the last two decades. Available reports in …

Surface modification, functionalization and bioconjugation of colloidal inorganic nanoparticles

RA Sperling, WJ Parak - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Inorganic colloidal nanoparticles are very small, nanoscale objects with inorganic cores that
are dispersed in a solvent. Depending on the material they consist of, nanoparticles can …

Polymer-coated nanoparticles interacting with proteins and cells: focusing on the sign of the net charge

D Hühn, K Kantner, C Geidel, S Brandholt… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
To study charge-dependent interactions of nanoparticles (NPs) with biological media and
NP uptake by cells, colloidal gold nanoparticles were modified with amphiphilic polymers to …

In vivo integrity of polymer-coated gold nanoparticles

WG Kreyling, AM Abdelmonem, Z Ali, F Alves… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Inorganic nanoparticles are frequently engineered with an organic surface coating to
improve their physicochemical properties, and it is well known that their colloidal properties …

Designing multifunctional quantum dots for bioimaging, detection, and drug delivery

P Zrazhevskiy, M Sena, X Gao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The emerging field of bionanotechnology aims at revolutionizing biomedical research and
clinical practice via introduction of nanoparticle-based tools, expanding capabilities of …

A quantitative fluorescence study of protein monolayer formation on colloidal nanoparticles

C Röcker, M Pötzl, F Zhang, WJ Parak… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
It is now known that nanoparticles, when exposed to biological fluid, become coated with
proteins and other biomolecules to form a 'protein corona'. Recent systematic studies have …

Design of an amphiphilic polymer for nanoparticle coating and functionalization

CAJ Lin, RA Sperling, JK Li, TY Yang, PY Li, M Zanella… - Small, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Inorganic colloidal nanoparticles, such as quantum dots or Au nanoparticles, have been
extensively investigated for two decades in physics as well as in chemistry. Applications in a …