Zinc oxide nanoparticles: A unique saline stress mitigator with the potential to increase future crop production

MF Seleiman, A Ahmad, ML Battaglia, HM Bilal… - South African Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, soil salinity is an abiotic stress that can threaten arable lands and crop production
and consequently can negatively affect food security. Therefore, the aim of this review was to …

Molecular dynamics simulation strategies for designing carbon-nanotube-based targeted drug delivery

MN Al-Qattan, PK Deb, RK Tekade - Drug discovery today, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•CNT-based target-specific drug delivery is a promising approach to circumvent
the limitations of nonspecific therapeutic agents.•Interactions between the drug, CNT and …

Interaction kinetics of individual mRNA-containing lipid nanoparticles with an endosomal membrane mimic: dependence on pH, protein corona formation, and …

N Aliakbarinodehi, A Gallud, M Mapar, E Wesén… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) have emerged as potent carriers for mRNA delivery, but several
challenges remain before this approach can offer broad clinical translation of mRNA …

Image-charge effects on ion adsorption near aqueous interfaces

CY Son, ZG Wang - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Electrostatic interactions near surfaces and interfaces are ubiquitous in many fields of
science. Continuum electrostatics predicts that ions will be attracted to conducting …

The role of apolipoprotein-and vitronectin-enriched protein corona on lipid nanoparticles for in vivo targeted delivery and transfection of oligonucleotides in murine …

D Chen, N Parayath, S Ganesh, W Wang, M Amiji - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The application of lipid-based nanoparticle (LNP) delivery systems remains a popular
strategy for the systemic delivery of gene therapies to specific disease targets, including …

Codelivery of plasmid and curcumin with mesoporous silica nanoparticles for promoting neurite outgrowth

CS Cheng, TP Liu, FC Chien, CY Mou… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced oxidative stress leads to neuron damage and is
involved in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) …

Effects of carbon-based nanomaterials on vascular endothelia under physiological and pathological conditions: interactions, mechanisms and potential therapeutic …

Y Zhang, Y Zhang, J Wu, J Liu, Y Kang, C Hu… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
The endothelium participates in maintaining vascular hemostasis and is involved in multiple
pathological processes. Although it is rarely the targeted tissue, the endothelium interacts …

Understanding nano-engineered particle–cell interactions: biological insights from mathematical models

ST Johnston, M Faria, EJ Crampin - Nanoscale Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the interactions between nano-engineered particles and cells is necessary
for the rational design of particles for therapeutic, diagnostic and imaging purposes. In …

Graphene oxide and lipid membranes: size-dependent interactions

R Frost, S Svedhem, C Langhammer, B Kasemo - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
We have investigated the interaction of graphene oxide (GO) sheets with supported lipid
membranes with focus on how the interaction depends on GO sheet size (three samples in …

Water around fullerene shape amphiphiles: A molecular dynamics simulation study of hydrophobic hydration

SR Varanasi, OA Guskova, A John… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Fullerene C 60 sub-colloidal particle with diameter∼ 1 nm represents a boundary case
between small and large hydrophobic solutes on the length scale of hydrophobic hydration …