Silica nanoparticles have rapidly found applications in medicine, supercapacitors, batteries,
optical fibers and concrete materials, because silica nanoparticles have tunable physical …

2. INTRODUCTION The investigation of many fundamental processes in life sciences
requires straightforward tools for fast, sensitive, reliable, and reproducible detection of …

Hybrid functional materials, constituting both inorganic and organic components, are
considered potential platforms for applications in extremely diverse fields such as optics …

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

Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) have been previously shown to be powerful transport
vector tools for the intracellular delivery of a large variety of cargoes through the cell …

Overexpression of drug efflux transporters such as P-glycoprotein (Pgp) protein is one of the
major mechanisms for multiple drug resistance (MDR) in cancer cells. A new approach to …

The emergence of synthesis strategies for the fabrication of nanosized contrast agents is
anticipated to lead to advancements in understanding biological processes at the molecular …

The selective permeability of the plasma membrane prohibits most exogenous agents from
gaining cellular access. Since many therapeutics and reporter molecules must be …

Background Fluorescent silica nanoparticles have been extensively utilised in a broad
range of biological applications and are facilitated by their predictable, well-understood …

Nanomedicines have significant potential for cancer treatment. Although the majority of
nanomedicines currently tested in clinical trials utilize simple, biocompatible liposome …