Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are becoming increasingly popular as drug carriers due to their
unique properties such as size tenability, multivalency, low toxicity and biocompatibility …

Ultrasmall nanoparticulate materials with core sizes in the 1-3 nm range bridge the gap
between single molecules and classical, larger-sized nanomaterials, not only in terms of …

Nanomedicine is one of the growing fields that presents new techniques for cancer
diagnosis and treatment. Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are considered as an important class of …

Ultrasmall nanoparticles (USNPs), usually defined as NPs with core in the size range 1–3
nm, are a class of nanomaterials which show unique physicochemical properties, often …

Cancer nanomedicines are submicrometer-sized formulations designed to improve the
biodistribution of anticancer drugs, resulting in less off-target localization, altered toxicity …

Carbon-based nanomaterials are promising for a wide range of biomedical applications, ie
drug delivery, therapy, and imaging including photoacoustic tomography, where they can …

The tumor heterogeneity, which leads to individual variations in tumor microenvironments,
causes poor prognoses and limits therapeutic response. Emerging technology such as …

Core cross-linking of polymeric micelles has been demonstrated to contribute to enhanced
stability that can improve the therapeutic efficacy. Photochemistry has the potential to …

Optical bioimaging is a powerful tool for investigating living organisms in real time and
space, both in-vivo and in-vitro. As an advantage, luminescence based techniques are …

Ultrasmall nanoparticles are attracting an increasing interest for a variety of biomedical
applications, from therapeutic targeting to imaging, in virtue of the peculiar behavior shown …