Review on metal nanoparticles as nanocarriers: Current challenges and perspectives in drug delivery systems

V Chandrakala, V Aruna, G Angajala - Emergent Materials, 2022 - Springer
Over the past few years, nanotechnology has been attracting considerable research
attention because of their outstanding mechanical, electromagnetic and optical properties …

Overcoming barriers in photodynamic therapy harnessing nano-formulation strategies

J Xie, Y Wang, W Choi, P Jangili, Y Ge, Y Xu… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been extensively investigated for decades for tumor
treatment because of its non-invasiveness, spatiotemporal selectivity, lower side-effects, and …

Tumor abnormality-oriented nanomedicine design

Q Zhou, J Xiang, N Qiu, Y Wang, Y Piao, S Shao… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Anticancer nanomedicines have been proven effective in mitigating the side effects of
chemotherapeutic drugs. However, challenges remain in augmenting their therapeutic …

Metal–organic frameworks for drug delivery: a design perspective

HD Lawson, SP Walton, C Chan - ACS applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The use of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) in biomedical applications has greatly
expanded over the past decade due to the precision tunability, high surface areas, and high …

Metal–organic framework-based enzyme biocomposites

W Liang, P Wied, F Carraro, CJ Sumby… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Because of their efficiency, selectivity, and environmental sustainability, there are significant
opportunities for enzymes in chemical synthesis and biotechnology. However, as the three …

Recent advances on ZIF-8 composites for adsorption and photocatalytic wastewater pollutant removal: Fabrication, applications and perspective

H Dai, X Yuan, L Jiang, H Wang, J Zhang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8), which consists of metal atom Zn and 2-
methylimidazole, is a kind of typical MOF materials. The unique properties of ZIF-8 endue it …

[HTML][HTML] Metal-organic frameworks for advanced drug delivery

S He, L Wu, X Li, H Sun, T Xiong, J Liu, C Huang… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), comprised of organic ligands and metal
ions/metal clusters via coordinative bonds are highly porous, crystalline materials. Their …

Understanding and controlling the nucleation and growth of metal–organic frameworks

BP Carpenter, AR Talosig, B Rose… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal–organic frameworks offer a diverse landscape of building blocks to design high
performance materials for implications in almost every major industry. With this diversity …

Metal–organic framework nanocarriers for drug delivery in biomedical applications

Y Sun, L Zheng, Y Yang, X Qian, T Fu, X Li, Z Yang… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2020 - Springer
Investigation of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for biomedical applications has attracted
much attention in recent years. MOFs are regarded as a promising class of nanocarriers for …

A 2D porous zinc-organic framework platform for loading of 5-fluorouracil

L Qin, F Liang, Y Li, J Wu, S Guan, M Wu, S Xie, M Luo… - Inorganics, 2022 - mdpi.com
A hydrostable 2D Zn-based MOF,{[Zn (5-PIA)(imbm)]· 2H2O} n (1)(5-H2PIA= 5-propoxy-
isophthalic acid, imbm= 1, 4-di (1H-imidazol-1-yl) benzene), was synthesized and …