Biomass-based carbon dots: current development and future perspectives

TC Wareing, P Gentile, AN Phan - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots have been considered as a solution to the challenges that semiconductor
quantum dots have encountered because they are more biocompatible and can be …

Photoluminescent nanoparticles for chemical and biological analysis and imaging

WR Algar, M Massey, K Rees, R Higgins… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Research related to the development and application of luminescent nanoparticles (LNPs)
for chemical and biological analysis and imaging is flourishing. Novel materials and new …

Optical sensing and imaging of pH values: Spectroscopies, materials, and applications

A Steinegger, OS Wolfbeis, SM Borisov - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
This is the first comprehensive review on methods and materials for use in optical sensing of
pH values and on applications of such sensors. The Review starts with an introduction that …

Emerging trends in the novel drug delivery approaches for the treatment of lung cancer

P Sharma, M Mehta, DS Dhanjal, S Kaur… - Chemico-biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer is one of the major diseases that cause a high number of deaths globally. Of the
major types of cancers, lung cancer is known to be the most chronic form of cancer in the …

Luminescent quantum dots: Synthesis, optical properties, bioimaging and toxicity

J Sobhanan, JV Rival, A Anas, ES Shibu… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Luminescent nanomaterials such as semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) and quantum dots
(QDs) attract much attention to optical detectors, LEDs, photovoltaics, displays, biosensing …

Quantum dots in biomedical applications

AM Wagner, JM Knipe, G Orive, NA Peppas - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Semiconducting nanoparticles, more commonly known as quantum dots, possess unique
size and shape dependent optoelectronic properties. In recent years, these unique …

Advances in lung cancer treatment using nanomedicines

A Sharma, D Shambhwani, S Pandey, J Singh… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Carcinoma of the lungs is among the most menacing forms of malignancy and has a poor
prognosis, with a low overall survival rate due to delayed detection and ineffectiveness of …

Nanoparticles in tissue engineering: applications, challenges and prospects

A Hasan, M Morshed, A Memic, S Hassan… - International journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Tissue engineering (TE) is an interdisciplinary field integrating engineering, material science
and medical biology that aims to develop biological substitutes to repair, replace, retain, or …

Quantum dots: a review from concept to clinic

S Kargozar, SJ Hoseini, PB Milan… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor materials that have gained great interest due to their
unique characteristics like optical properties. They are extensively being used in different …

Energy transfer with semiconductor quantum dot bioconjugates: a versatile platform for biosensing, energy harvesting, and other developing applications

N Hildebrandt, CM Spillmann, WR Algar, T Pons… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Luminescent semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are one of the more popular nanomaterials
currently utilized within biological applications. However, what is not widely appreciated is …