Surgical resection of solid tumors is currently the gold standard and preferred therapeutic
strategy for cancer. Chemotherapy drugs also make a significant contribution by inhibiting …

Conventional cancer chemotherapy is often associated with toxicity issues. Thus, new drug
delivery systems (DDSs) are developed as alternatives owing to their potential to selectively …

Recent developments in the design of bifunctional and activatable photosensitizers
rejuvenate the aging field of photodynamic sensitization and photodynamic therapy. While …

The accumulated knowledge of nanoparticle (NP) synthesis for the last 30 years has
enabled the development of functional NPs for biomedical applications. Especially, NPs with …

Multidisciplinary research at the forefront of the field of hybrid materials has paved the way to
the development of endless examples of smart devices. One appealing concept in this fertile …

Nanosized mesoporous silica particles with high colloidal stability attract growing attention
as drug delivery systems for targeted cancer treatment and as bioimaging devices. This …

FÖrster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based biosensors have achieved great success
for biological applications. However, what is not extensively appreciated is the growing role …

Nanoscale particles have rigorously been investigated as efficient and sensitive probes in
the field of biomedicine, for which the direct imaging, accurate diagnosis, targeted drug …

Nanotechnology has attracted much attention because it possesses many advantages to
engineer new organized nanomaterials and endow them with improved performance. In …

A size-controllable and facile synthetic strategy has been developed to fabricate a series of
hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles (HMSNs) with tunable hollow cores or shell …