Phase-change contrast agents for imaging and therapy

PS Sheeran, PA Dayton - Current pharmaceutical design, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Phase-change contrast agents (PCCAs) for ultrasound-based applications have resulted in
novel ways of approaching diagnostic and therapeutic techniques beyond what is possible …

Nanobubbles: a promising efficient tool for therapeutic delivery

R Cavalli, M Soster, M Argenziano - Therapeutic delivery, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In recent decades ultrasound-guided delivery of drugs loaded on nanocarriers has been the
focus of increasing attention to improve therapeutic treatments. Ultrasound has often been …

[HTML][HTML] Biomedical applications of acoustically responsive phase shift nanodroplets: Current status and future directions

ALY Kee, BM Teo - Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
The evolution of ultrasonic contrast agents to enhance the reflectivity of structures in the
human body has consolidated ultrasound's stance as a reliable diagnostic imaging modality …

Factors influencing the repeated transient optical droplet vaporization threshold and lifetimes of phase change, perfluorocarbon nanodroplets

AX Zhao, YI Zhu, E Chung, J Lee, S Morais, H Yoon… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Perfluorocarbon nanodroplets (PFCnDs) are sub-micrometer emulsions composed of a
surfactant-encased perfluorocarbon (PFC) liquid and can be formulated to transiently …

On the thermodynamics and kinetics of superheated fluorocarbon phase-change agents

PA Mountford, MA Borden - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2016 - Elsevier
Superheated nanodrops are a new class of submicron-diameter liquid emulsion particles
comprising perfluoropropane (C 3 F 8), perfluorobutane (C 4 F 10) and perfluoropentane (C …

Acoustically-activated liposomal nanocarriers to mitigate the side effects of conventional chemotherapy with a focus on emulsion-liposomes

MN Zafar, WH Abuwatfa, GA Husseini - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
To improve currently available cancer treatments, nanomaterials are employed as smart
drug delivery vehicles that can be engineered to locally target cancer cells and respond to …

In Situ Probing of the Surface Properties of Droplets in the Air

JB Brown, Y Qian, ZC Huang-Fu, T Zhang, H Wang… - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Surface properties of nanodroplets and microdroplets are intertwined with their immense
applicability in biology, medicine, production, catalysis, the environment, and the …

Double-scattering/reflection in a single nanoparticle for intensified ultrasound imaging

K Zhang, H Chen, X Guo, D Zhang, Y Zheng… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) designed by the conventional composition-based
strategy, often suffer from relatively low ultrasound utilization efficiency. In this report, a …

Polymer/hemoglobin assemblies: biodegradable oxygen carriers for artificial red blood cells

T Li, X Jing, Y Huang - Macromolecular bioscience, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In routine clinical procedures, blood transfusion is now suffering from the defects of the
blood products, like cross‐matching, short storage time and virus infection. Various blood …

Fluorous phase‐directed peptide assembly affords Nano‐Peptisomes capable of ultrasound‐triggered cellular delivery

SH Medina, MS Michie, SE Miller… - Angewandte …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we report the design, synthesis and efficacy of a new class of ultrasound (US)‐
sensitive self‐assembled peptide‐based nanoparticle. Peptisomes are prepared via …