Ultrasmall silicon nanoparticles for imaging and killing microorganisms: a minireview

Z Wang, FG Wu - ChemNanoMat, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescent silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs), a type of ultrasmall zero‐dimensional metal‐free
silicon‐containing nanomaterials, are featured by excellent biocompatibility, good …

Critical assessment of wet-chemical oxidation synthesis of silicon quantum dots

JL Wilbrink, CC Huang, K Dohnalova… - Faraday …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Wet-chemical synthetic procedures are powerful strategies to afford fluorescent silicon
quantum dots (Si QDs) in a versatile and scalable manner. However, development of Si QDs …

Photochemistry of tyrosine dimer: When an oxidative lesion of proteins is able to photoinduce further damage

LO Reid, M Vignoni, N Martins-Froment… - Photochemical & …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The tyrosine dimer (Tyr 2), a covalent bond between two tyrosines (Tyr), is one of
the most important modifications of the oxidative damage of proteins. This compound is …

Incorporation of N and O into the shell of Silicon Nanoparticles offers tunable photoluminescence for imaging uses

JJ Romero, ML Dell'Arciprete… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) show tunable photoluminescence (PL), water-dispersibility,
high photostability, and low cytotoxicity, thus constituting promising candidates for …

Toward biomedical application of amino-functionalized silicon nanoparticles

CR Lillo, M Natalia Calienni, RM Gorojod… - …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Silicon blue-emitting nanoparticles (NPs) are promising effectors for photodynamic therapy
and radiotherapy, because of their production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon …

Staphylococcus aureus biofilm eradication by the synergistic effect exerted by PEG-coated silicon dots immobilized in silica films and light irradiation

E Gonik, DR Sartori, PD Gara, A Minan… - …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Immobilization of PEG-covered silicon dots, PEGSiDs, on glass substrates was performed
following a simple strategy involving particle embedding by a sol-gel process forming a …

What is Nanoarchitectonics: Origin and Task

K Ariga, O Azzaroni - 2022 - books.rsc.org
But, in their primitive nanotechnology approach, these craftsmen were not able to exert
control over the composition, morphology, and dimensions of these materials. Indeed, they …

Silicon quantum dots metal-enhanced photoluminescence by gold nanoparticles in colloidal ensembles: effect of surface coating

JJ Romero, JH Hodak, HB Rodríguez… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In the present study, we report the photophysical properties of colloidal ensembles of silicon
quantum dots (SiDs) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), particularly focusing on investigating …

Optimal Silicon-based nanomaterials for biological applications

ML Dell'Arciprete, P Caregnato, HB Rodríguez, E Gonik… - 2022 - books.rsc.org
SiNPs are composed of 70–200 atoms depending on size, they are almost crystalline, show
quantum confinement photoluminescence, and may form well dispersed solutions when …

Photochemistry of tyrosine dimer

LO Reid, M Vignoni, N Martins Froment… - Photochemical & …, 2019 - sedici.unlp.edu.ar
The tyrosine dimer (Tyr2), a covalent bond between two tyrosines (Tyr), is one of the most
important modifications of the oxidative damage of proteins. This compound is increasingly …