Stimuli-responsive nanobubbles for biomedical applications

R Xiong, RX Xu, C Huang, S De Smedt… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Stimuli-responsive nanobubbles have received increased attention for their application in
spatial and temporal resolution of diagnostic techniques and therapies, particularly in …

Understanding ultrasound induced sonoporation: definitions and underlying mechanisms

I Lentacker, I De Cock, R Deckers, SC De Smedt… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2014 - Elsevier
In the past two decades, research has underlined the potential of ultrasound and
microbubbles to enhance drug delivery. However, there is less consensus on the …

Bubble dynamics and cavitation

MS Plesset, A Prosperetti - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 1977 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
The first problem in the area of cavitation and bubble dynamics was solved by Rayleigh
(1917). The case in which the medium filling the cavity is essentially a permanent …

Ultrasonic drug delivery–a general review

WG Pitt, GA Husseini, BJ Staples - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Ultrasound has an ever-increasing role in the delivery of therapeutic agents, including
genetic material, protein and chemotherapeutic agents. Cavitating gas bodies, such as …

The stimulation of bone growth by ultrasound

LR Duarte - Archives of orthopaedic and traumatic surgery, 1983 - Springer
The ultrasonic stimulation of bone growth was investigated in a experimental work in which
a set of 45 rabbits were studied according to the following procedure: a) bilateral osteotomy …

Chemical effects of ultrasound on aqueous solutions. Formation of hydroxyl radicals and hydrogen atoms

K Makino, MM Mossoba, P Riesz - The Journal of physical …, 1983 - ACS Publications
Direct evidence for the formation of-OH and· in the cavitation bubbles produced by
ultrasound in argon-saturated aqueous solutions is presented. The methods of spin …

[HTML][HTML] The enhancement of bone regeneration by ultrasound

L Claes, B Willie - Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 2007 - Elsevier
Millions of fractures occur every year worldwide, with nearly 6.2 million fractures reported
annually in the United States alone. Even though treatment methods have improved over the …

Exposure to low‐intensity ultrasound increases aggrecan gene expression in a rat femur fracture model

KH Yang, J Parvizi, SJ Wang… - Journal of …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of ultrasound stimulation on various parameters of bone repair after diaphyseal
injury were assessed in a standard rat femur fracture model. Bilateral closed femoral …

Low‐intensity ultrasound stimulates proteoglycan synthesis in rat chondrocytes by increasing aggrecan gene expression

J Parvizi, CC Wu, DG Lewallen… - Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
We evaluated the effect of low intensity‐pulsed ultrasound stimulation on rat chondrocytes in
vitro using two different 1.0‐MHz ultrasound signals with spatial and temporal average …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound-induced inactivation of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria in secondary treated municipal wastewater

S Drakopoulou, S Terzakis, MS Fountoulakis… - Ultrasonics …, 2009 - Elsevier
The effect of 24kHz, high energy ultrasound in the presence and absence of titanium dioxide
particles on the destruction of different bacteria groups was studied. Applying a total of …