Nanomaterials for diagnosis and treatment of brain cancer: Recent updates

M Mukhtar, M Bilal, A Rahdar, M Barani, R Arshad… - Chemosensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Brain tumors, especially glioblastoma, remain the most aggressive form of all the cancers
because of inefficient diagnosis and profiling. Nanostructures, such as metallic …

Advances in drug delivery nanosystems using graphene-based materials and carbon nanotubes

J Jampilek, K Kralova - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carbon is one of the most abundant elements on Earth. In addition to the well-known
crystallographic modifications such as graphite and diamond, other allotropic carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Core-shell inorganic NPs@ MOF nanostructures for targeted drug delivery and multimodal imaging-guided combination tumor treatment

S Khan, M Falahati, WC Cho, Y Vahdani… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is well known that metal-organic-framework (MOF) nanostructures have unique
characteristics such as high porosity, large surface areas, and adjustable biofunctionalities …

A review on synthesis, toxicity profile and biomedical applications of graphene quantum dots (GQDs)

S Sengupta, S Pal, A Pal, S Maity, K Sarkar… - Inorganica Chimica …, 2023 - Elsevier
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are zero-dimensional carbon based dispersible,
biocompatible, photoluminescent nanomaterials. These excellent properties make them …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced usage of Ti3C2Tx MXenes for photothermal therapy on different 3D breast cancer models

G Perini, A Rosenkranz, G Friggeri, D Zambrano… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Globally, breast cancer is the most diagnosed invasive cancer among women. Current
therapies (eg, chemotherapy) show numerous limitations due to the lack of selectivity and …

Synthesis of Highly Near-Infrared Fluorescent Graphene Quantum Dots Using Biomass-Derived Materials for In Vitro Cell Imaging and Metal Ion Detection

S Reagen, Y Wu, X Liu, R Shahni… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are a subset of fluorescent nanomaterials that have gained
recent interest due to their photoluminescence properties and low toxicity and …

A review of graphene‐TiO2 and graphene‐ZnO nanocomposite photocatalysts for wastewater treatment

KG Thakre, DP Barai… - Water Environment …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Technologies for wastewater remediation have been growing ever since the environmental
and health concern is realized. Development of nanomaterials has enabled mankind to …

Quantum dots: The cutting-edge nanotheranostics in brain cancer management

P Chakraborty, SS Das, A Dey, A Chakraborty… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanocrystals possessing unique optoelectrical
properties in that they can emit light energy of specific tunable wavelengths when excited by …

Application of quantum dots in brain diseases and their neurotoxic mechanism

Y Hu, X Wang, Y Niu, K He, M Tang - Nanoscale Advances, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The early-stage diagnosis and therapy of brain diseases pose a persistent challenge in the
field of biomedicine. Quantum dots (QDs), nano-luminescent materials known for their small …

Microfluidic synthesis of ultrasmall chitosan/graphene quantum dots particles for intranasal delivery in Alzheimer's disease treatment

F Mohebichamkhorami, M Faizi, M Mahmoudifard… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticles (NPs) based therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) attract interest due to
their ability to pass across or bypass the blood‐brain barrier. Chitosan (CS) NPs or …