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 …

Stimuli-responsive polymersomes for programmed drug delivery

F Meng, Z Zhong, J Feijen - Biomacromolecules, 2009 - ACS Publications
In the past decade, polymersomes (also referred to as polymeric vesicles) have attracted
rapidly growing interest based on their intriguing aggregation phenomena, cell and virus …

Layer-by-layer assembly of microcapsules and their biomedical applications

W Tong, X Song, C Gao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoengineered multifunctional capsules with tailored structures and properties are of
particular interest due to their multifunctions and potential applications as new colloidal …

Multifunctional and stimuli-sensitive pharmaceutical nanocarriers

V Torchilin - European journal of pharmaceutics and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Currently used pharmaceutical nanocarriers, such as liposomes, micelles, and polymeric
nanoparticles, demonstrate a broad variety of useful properties, such as longevity in the …

Polymeric multilayer capsules in drug delivery

LJ De Cock, S De Koker, BG De Geest… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in medicine and biotechnology have prompted the need to develop
nanoengineered delivery systems that can encapsulate a wide variety of novel therapeutics …

Semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots

AL Rogach - Verlag: Wien, 2008 - Springer
The enormous potential of science and technology on nanoscale to impact on industrial
output has been recognised all over the world. One emerging area of nanoscience being at …

pH-responsive drug delivery systems as intelligent carriers for targeted drug therapy: Brief history, properties, synthesis, mechanism and application

MS Bami, MAR Estabragh, P Khazaeli, M Ohadi… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
There are different pH-sensitive systems for biomedical applications that have recently been
considered for pH targeting nanomedicine. In this review, we examine some of the most …

Optical properties of metallic nanoparticles: manipulating light, heat and forces at the nanoscale

EA Coronado, ER Encina, FD Stefani - Nanoscale, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
We present to a general readership an overview of the rich variety of phenomena and
applications that arise from the interaction of metallic nanoparticles with light. First, we …

A magnetically triggered composite membrane for on-demand drug delivery

T Hoare, J Santamaria, GF Goya, S Irusta, D Lin… - Nano …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Nanocomposite membranes based on thermosensitive, poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-based
nanogels and magnetite nanoparticles have been designed to achieve “on-demand” drug …

Polymeric micelles: authoritative aspects for drug delivery

SS Kulthe, YM Choudhari, NN Inamdar… - Designed Monomers …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The generation of supramolecular architectures with well-defined structures and
functionalities is recently garnering attraction. Self-assemblage of amphiphilic polymers …