Carbon dots: types, preparation, and their boosted antibacterial activity by photoactivation. Current status and future perspectives

KJ Lagos, D García, CF Cuadrado… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) correspond to carbon‐based materials (CBM) with sizes usually below
10 nm. These nanomaterials exhibit attractive properties such us low toxicity, good stability …

Carbon dot-based nanomaterials: a promising future nano-platform for targeting tumor-associated macrophages

Y Miao, S Wang, B Zhang, L Liu - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is the internal environment that tumors depend on for
survival and development. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), as an important part of …

Two-photon polymerization printing with high metal nanoparticle loading

NI Kilic, GM Saladino, S Johansson… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-photon polymerization (2PP) is an efficient technique to achieve high-resolution, three-
dimensional (3D)-printed complex structures. However, it is restricted to photocurable …

Iterative nanoparticle bioengineering enabled by x-ray fluorescence imaging

GM Saladino, B Brodin, R Kakadiya, MS Toprak… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Nanoparticles (NPs) are currently developed for drug delivery and molecular imaging.
However, they often get intercepted before reaching their target, leading to low targeting …

XFCT-MRI hybrid multimodal contrast agents for complementary imaging

GM Saladino, C Vogt, B Brodin, K Shaker, NI Kilic… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Multimodal contrast agents in biomedical imaging enable the collection of more
comprehensive diagnostic information. In the present work, we design hybrid ruthenium …

Magnetoresponsive fluorescent core–shell nanoclusters for biomedical applications

GM Saladino, R Kakadiya, SR Ansari, A Teleki… - Nanoscale …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Nowadays, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) have a dominant role in
many subfields of biomedicine. Owing to their peculiar properties, they can be employed for …

Carbon quantum dots: A comprehensive review of green Synthesis, characterization and investigation their applications in bioimaging

SK Saraswat, MA Mustafa, GK Ghadir, M Kaur… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have gained substantial attention as multifunctional
nanomaterials with distinctive characteristics, positioning them as highly promising …

[HTML][HTML] Platinum Group Metals Nanoparticles in Breast Cancer Therapy

S Alven, S Gandidzanwa, B Ngalo, O Poswayo… - Pharmaceutics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Despite various methods currently used in cancer therapy, breast cancer remains the
leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Current therapeutics face limitations …

Ultra-sensitive electrochemiluminescence monitoring of microRNA via Triton X-100 functionalized carbon dots-based nanocomposites

Y Yang, G Zhang, L Song, G Kuang, Y Ding… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) with excellent optical performance have attracted tremendous interest for
the construction of electrochemiluminescence (ECL) biosensors. However, the intrinsic self …

Liposome biodistribution mapping with in vivo X-ray fluorescence imaging

GM Saladino, PH Chao, B Brodin, SD Li, HM Hertz - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Lipid-based nanoparticles are organic nanostructures constituted of phospholipids and
cholesterol, displaying high in vivo biocompatibility. They have been demonstrated as …