Development of organic semiconducting materials for deep-tissue optical imaging, phototherapy and photoactivation

J Li, K Pu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Biophotonics as a highly interdisciplinary frontier often requires the assistance of optical
agents to control the light pathways in cells, tissues and living organisms for specific …

Nanotechnology-based approaches overcome lung cancer drug resistance through diagnosis and treatment

J Li, L Zhu, HF Kwok - Drug Resistance Updates, 2023 - Elsevier
Lung cancer continues to be a malignant tumor with high mortality. Two obstacles interfere
with curative therapy of lung cancer:(i) poor diagnosis at the early stages, as symptoms are …

Dextran-coated cerium oxide nanoparticles: a computed tomography contrast agent for imaging the gastrointestinal tract and inflammatory bowel disease

PC Naha, JC Hsu, J Kim, S Shah, M Bouché… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Computed tomography (CT) is an X-ray-based medical imaging technique commonly used
for noninvasive gastrointestinal tract (GIT) imaging. Iodine-and barium-based CT contrast …

Nanotransducers for near‐infrared Photoregulation in biomedicine

J Li, H Duan, K Pu - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photoregulation, which utilizes light to remotely control biological events, provides a precise
way to decipher biology and innovate in medicine; however, its potential is limited by the …

Polycaprolactone nanofiber mats decorated with photoresponsive nanogels and silver nanoparticles: Slow release for antibacterial control

CAS Ballesteros, DS Correa, V Zucolotto - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Smart nanomaterials activated by light is one of the most exciting strategies to control the
release of substances in varied environments. Here we developed a smart nanomaterial …

Smart polymer nanocomposites: A review.

WS Chow, ZA Mohd Ishak - Express polymer letters, 2020 - search.ebscohost.com
The development of smart polymer nanocomposites (SPN) has been an area of high
scientific and industrial interest in recent years, due to fantastic improvements achieved in …

Piezoelectric effects of materials on bio-interfaces

A Marino, GG Genchi, E Sinibaldi… - ACS applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Electrical stimulation of cells and tissues is an important approach of interaction with living
matter, which has been traditionally exploited in the clinical practice for a wide range of …

Piezoelectric barium titanate nanostimulators for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme

A Marino, E Almici, S Migliorin, C Tapeinos… - Journal of colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Major obstacles to the successful treatment of gliolastoma multiforme are mostly related to
the acquired resistance to chemotherapy drugs and, after surgery, to the cancer recurrence …

[HTML][HTML] Polydopamine-based nanostructures: A new generation of versatile, multi-tasking, and smart theranostic tools

M Battaglini, M Emanet, A Carmignani, G Ciofani - Nano Today, 2024 - Elsevier
Smart nanomaterials, thanks to their stimuli-responsive properties, represent a promising
class of nanostructures for biomedical applications. Their ability to undergo structural or …

Smart nanoparticles for chemo-based combinational therapy

B Shrestha, L Wang, EM Brey, GR Uribe, L Tang - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a heterogeneous and complex disease. Traditional cancer therapy is associated
with low therapeutic index, acquired resistance, and various adverse effects. With the …