The present review details a chronological description of the events that took place during
the development of mesoporous materials, their different synthetic routes and their use as …

Natural silica and silicates are predominantly crystalline and constitute the most abundant
components of the Earth's crust. Man-made silica is typically amorphous and manufactured …

In recent years, nanomedicine has emerged at the forefront of nanotechnology, generating
great expectations in the biomedical field. Researchers are developing novel nanoparticles …

Routes of drug administration and the corresponding physicochemical characteristics of a
given route play significant roles in therapeutic efficacy and short term/long term biological …

Catalysis and medicine are often considered as two independent research fields with their
own respective scientific phenomena. Promoted by recent advances in nanochemistry, large …

Although conventional chemotherapy has been successful to some extent, the main
drawbacks of chemotherapy are its poor bioavailability, high-dose requirements, adverse …

In recent years, the unprecedented advances of biomedical nanotechnology have spurred
the development of drug delivery systems (DDSs) based on multifarious nanomaterials in …

Based on unique intrinsic properties of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) such as
high surface area, large pore size, good biocompatibility and biodegradability, stable …

Silica nanoparticles (SNP) have gained tremendous attention in the recent decades. They
have been used in many different biomedical fields including diagnosis, biosensing and …

Recently, dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles with widespread applications have
attracted great interest. Despite many publications (> 800), the terminology “dendritic” is …