Phenolic-enabled nanotechnology: versatile particle engineering for biomedicine

D Wu, J Zhou, MN Creyer, W Yim, Z Chen… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Phenolics are ubiquitous in nature and have gained immense research attention because of
their unique physiochemical properties and widespread industrial use. In recent decades …

An overview of the use of nanozymes in antibacterial applications

L Mei, S Zhu, Y Liu, W Yin, Z Gu, Y Zhao - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Topics of bacterial resistance have attracted remarkable scientific interests. Bacterial
infection-related diseases are major public safety issues that lead to millions of deaths …

Chemo-photothermal therapy combination elicits anti-tumor immunity against advanced metastatic cancer

J Nam, S Son, LJ Ochyl, R Kuai… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Photothermal therapy (PTT) is a promising cancer treatment modality, but PTT generally
requires direct access to the source of light irradiation, thus precluding its utility against …

Versatile surface modification using polydopamine and related polycatecholamines: Chemistry, structure, and applications

TG Barclay, HM Hegab, SR Clarke… - Advanced Materials …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Polydopamine and related polycatecholamines can be easily deposited onto almost any
surface from mild, aqueous solution. This results in durable, nanoscale coatings that exhibit …

A multifunctional nanoplatform against multidrug resistant cancer: merging the best of targeted chemo/gene/photothermal therapy

W Cheng, J Nie, N Gao, G Liu, W Tao… - Advanced Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Synergistic therapy that combines chemo‐, gene‐, or photothermal means shows great
potential for enhancing the therapeutic effects on cancers. Tumor‐targeted nanoparticles …

A NIR light gated DNA nanodevice for spatiotemporally controlled imaging of microRNA in cells and animals

J Zhao, H Chu, Y Zhao, Y Lu, L Li - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nanodevices have potential as intelligent sensing systems for detection of microRNAs
(miRNAs) in living cells. However, the resolution offered by “always active” nanodevices is …

Dual-mode ultrasensitive quantification of microRNA in living cells by chiroplasmonic nanopyramids self-assembled from gold and upconversion nanoparticles

S Li, L Xu, W Ma, X Wu, M Sun, H Kuang… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Chiral self-assembled nanomaterials with biological applications have attracted great
interest. In this study, DNA-driven gold-upconversion nanoparticle (Au-UCNP) pyramids …

DNA-based nanostructures for live-cell analysis

SB Ebrahimi, D Samanta, CA Mirkin - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
DNA-based probes constitute a versatile platform for making biological measurements due
to their ability to recognize both nucleic acid and non-nucleic acid targets, ease of synthesis …

Spatially selective imaging of mitochondrial microRNAs via optically programmable strand displacement reactions

J Zhao, Z Li, Y Shao, W Hu, L Li - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNA (miRNA) functions are tightly regulated by their sub‐compartmental location in
living cells, and the ability to imaging of mitochondrial miRNAs (mitomiRs) is essential for …

Biocompatible and biodegradable zeolitic imidazolate framework/polydopamine nanocarriers for dual stimulus triggered tumor thermo-chemotherapy

Q Wu, M Niu, X Chen, L Tan, C Fu, X Ren, J Ren, L Li… - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) have attracted great interest as pH-sensitive drug
carrier because of high drug loading and intrinsic biodegradability. In this work, a …