Assembly and applications of macrocyclic-confinement-derived supramolecular organic luminescent emissions from cucurbiturils

H Nie, Z Wei, XL Ni, Y Liu - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cucurbit [n] urils (Q [n] s or CB [n] s), as a classical of artificial organic macrocyclic hosts,
were found to have excellent advantages in the fabricating of tunable and smart organic …

[HTML][HTML] Combating antibiotic resistance: Current strategies for the discovery of novel antibacterial materials based on macrocycle supramolecular chemistry

L Gao, H Wang, B Zheng, F Huang - Giant, 2021 - Elsevier
In the fight of bacteria with human, bacteria have regained the upper hand by development
of antibiotic resistance. The emergence of resistance has outpaced the development of new …

Stimuli-Responsive Cucurbit[n]uril-Based Supramolecular Nanocarriers for Delivery of Chemotherapeutics

OAA Alabrahim, SA Fahmy… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chemotherapeutics commonly exhibit low bioavailability and systemic adverse effects.
Supramolecular nanovesicles, such as pillar [n] arenes, calix [n] arenes, cucurbit [n] urils …

Macrocyclic supramolecular biomaterials in anti-cancer therapeutics

B Hazarika, VP Singh - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Macrocyclic supramolecular complexes demonstrate the dynamic potential to solve global
biomedical challenges, a promising cancer treatment modality. The macrocyclic system is an …

pH-responsive and chemiluminescent carboxyethyl chitosan nanocarriers for intelligent targeted phototherapy sterilization

X Zhao, MY Yin, TY Gu, XM Gao, LJ Chen… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The development of nanotechnology provides hope for precision sterilization, but traditional
physical encapsulation of drugs and non-targeted treatments is prone to drug leakage and …

Cucurbituril-oriented nanoplatforms in biomedical applications

G Cheng, J Luo, Y Liu, X Chen, Z Wu… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cucucrbituril (CB) belongs to a family of macrocycles that are easily accessible. Their
structural specificity provides excellent molecular recognition capabilities, with the ability to …

Initial Biological Assessment of upconversion nanohybrids

J Ferrera-González, L Francés-Soriano… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles for medical use should be non-cytotoxic and free of bacterial contamination.
Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) coated with cucurbit [7] uril (CB [7]) made by …

Dual‐Stoichiometry Copper Sulphide Nanoparticles by Laser Ablation in DMSO: Synthesis and Biomedical Applications for Enhanced Photothermal Therapy and …

U Taylan, S Akçimen, I Eş, BN Küçük… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Copper sulphide nanoparticles are synthesized by laser ablation of a copper target in DMSO
by a 527 nm nanosecond pulsed laser. These nanoparticles have double stoichiometry …

Enhanced Antibacterial Activity of Levofloxacin with Cucurbit [7] uril-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles

M Gaur, AS Marathe, AS Kakatkar… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Bacterial infection is one of the major concerns of the growing society, and over the years,
different permutations and combinations of various drugs and adjuvants have been …

Photothermal therapy combined with light-induced generation of alkyl radicals for enhanced efficacy of tumor treatment

Q Wu, J Han, C Li, T Sun, Z Xie - ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photothermal therapy (PTT) shows great potential in tumor treatment, but the harsh
photothermal heating might give rise to irreversible damage to peripheral normal tissues …