An overview of nanoparticles commonly used in fluorescent bioimaging

OS Wolfbeis - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This article gives an overview of the various kinds of nanoparticles (NPs) that are widely
used for purposes of fluorescent imaging, mainly of cells and tissues. Following an …

Current progress in organic–inorganic hetero-nano-interfaces based electrochemical biosensors for healthcare monitoring

AA Ansari, BD Malhotra - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, environmental pollution is becoming a major threat to the ecosystem's long-term
viability, and so environmental monitoring of these contaminants has become a hot topic …

Nonporous silica nanoparticles for nanomedicine application

L Tang, J Cheng - Nano today, 2013 - Elsevier
Nanomedicine, the use of nanotechnology for biomedical applications, has potential to
change the landscape of the diagnosis and therapy of many diseases. In the past several …

Silicon-containing nanomedicine and biomaterials: materials chemistry, multi-dimensional design, and biomedical application

L Chen, S Zhang, Y Duan, X Song, M Chang… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The invention of silica-based bioactive glass in the late 1960s has sparked significant
interest in exploring a wide range of silicon-containing biomaterials from the macroscale to …

Recent advances in Gd-chelate based bimodal optical/MRI contrast agents

P Verwilst, S Park, B Yoon, JS Kim - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Research on bimodal contrast agents in general and optical/MRI contrast agents in
particular has attracted increased attention from the scientific community in recent years …

Silica-based nanoparticles: a versatile tool for the development of efficient imaging agents

C Caltagirone, A Bettoschi, A Garau… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This review describes the recent advances in the development of imaging agents based on
silica nanoparticles. Different techniques (magnetic resonance imaging, optical imaging …

Multifunctional silica nanoparticles as a promising theranostic platform for biomedical applications

Z Xu, X Ma, YE Gao, M Hou, P Xue, CM Li… - Materials chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Theranostic nanoplatforms represent an important tool in the diagnosis and therapy of many
major diseases, especially in the field of cancer theranostics, for which a myriad of …

The evolution of gadolinium based contrast agents: from single-modality to multi-modality

L Zhang, R Liu, H Peng, P Li, Z Xu, AK Whittaker - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Gadolinium-based contrast agents are extensively used as magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) contrast agents due to their outstanding signal enhancement and ease of chemical …

Engineered DNA-copper double-modified NIR carbon nanodots as oxidative stress amplifier for targeted intracellular production of reactive oxygen species

DK Ji, R Zhang, A Bianco - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Regulating redox homeostasis is an advanced and efficient approach for cancer treatment.
Well-designed catalytic drugs, which can catalytic generation of reactive oxygen species …

Efficient sorbents based on magnetite coated with siliceous hybrid shells for removal of mercury ions

DS Tavares, AL Daniel-da-Silva, CB Lopes… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
New sorbents based on magnetite particles coated with siliceous shells were synthesized
and tested in the removal of mercury ions from aqueous solutions by magnetic separation …