Ultrasmall coinage metal nanoclusters as promising theranostic probes for biomedical applications

G Yang, Z Wang, F Du, F Jiang, X Yuan… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ultrasmall coinage metal nanoclusters (NCs,< 3 nm) have emerged as a novel class of
theranostic probes due to their atomically precise size and engineered physicochemical …

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy imaging for material and biomedical applications: recent advances and future perspectives

V Gardette, V Motto-Ros, C Alvarez-Llamas… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a versatile analytical tool for studying the
elemental composition of any kind of sample, such as solids, liquids, or gases. One of the …

Multifunctional gold nanoclusters for effective targeting, near-infrared fluorescence imaging, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer lymphatic metastasis

Z Pang, W Yan, J Yang, Q Li, Y Guo, D Zhou, X Jiang - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Developing effective lymph-node (LN) targeting and imaging probes is crucial for the early
detection and diagnosis of tumor metastasis to improve patient survival. Most current clinical …

Review of the recent advances and applications of LIBS-based imaging

L Jolivet, M Leprince, S Moncayo, L Sorbier… - … Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2019 - Elsevier
During recent years, important developments have been achieved in the application of laser
induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for elemental imaging. The aim of this review is to …

The phospholipid research center: current research in phospholipids and their use in drug delivery

S Drescher, P van Hoogevest - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
This review summarizes the research on phospholipids and their use for drug delivery
related to the Phospholipid Research Center Heidelberg (PRC). The focus is on projects that …

AuNPs as an important inorganic nanoparticle applied in drug carrier systems

W Li, Z Cao, R Liu, L Liu, H Li, X Li, Y Chen… - Artificial cells …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), as a kind of inorganic nanoparticle, have been gradually
recognized as one of the most promising nanomaterials, which is attributed to their unique …

Gold nanoclusters for biomedical applications: toward in vivo studies

E Porret, X Le Guével, JL Coll - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In parallel with the rapidly growing and widespread use of nanomedicine in the clinic, we
are also witnessing the development of so-called theranostic agents that combine diagnostic …

Advances in nanomedicines for diagnosis of central nervous system disorders

X Zhang, J Zhou, Z Gu, H Zhang, Q Gong, K Luo - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
In spite of a great improvement in medical health services and an increase in lifespan, we
have witnessed a skyrocket increase in the incidence of central nervous system (CNS) …

High-resolution shortwave infrared imaging of vascular disorders using gold nanoclusters

Z Yu, B Musnier, KD Wegner, M Henry, B Chovelon… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We synthesized a generation of water-soluble, atomically precise gold nanoclusters (Au
NCs) with anisotropic surface containing a short dithiol pegylated chain (AuMHA/TDT). The …

Nanotechnology in tumor biomarker detection: The potential of liganded nanoclusters as nonlinear optical contrast agents for molecular diagnostics of cancer

GF Combes, AM Vučković, M Perić Bakulić, R Antoine… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The key factor in preventing premature death from cancer is an early and
accurate diagnosis. While common diagnostic procedures are successful in the detection …