[HTML][HTML] Toxicology of silica nanoparticles: an update

S Murugadoss, D Lison, L Godderis… - Archives of …, 2017 - Springer
Large-scale production and use of amorphous silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) have increased
the risk of human exposure to SiNPs, while their health effects remain unclear. In this review …

New opportunities for organic semiconducting polymers in biomedical applications

K Kim, H Yoo, EK Lee - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The life expectancy of humans has been significantly elevated due to advancements in
medical knowledge and skills over the past few decades. Although a lot of knowledge and …

Steric effects in the deposition mode and drug-delivering efficiency of nanocapsule-based multilayer films

L Xu, Z Chu, J Zhang, T Cai, X Zhang, Y Li, H Wang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Using surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), block polymers with a
series of quaternization degrees were coated on the surface of silica nanocapsules (SNCs) …

Nearly free surface silanols are the critical molecular moieties that initiate the toxicity of silica particles

C Pavan, R Santalucia, R Leinardi… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Inhalation of silica particles can induce inflammatory lung reactions that lead to silicosis
and/or lung cancer when the particles are biopersistent. This toxic activity of silica dusts is …

Novel nanohybrid biocatalyst: application in the kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols

WS Galvão, BB Pinheiro, LRB Golçalves… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - Springer
In this work, a nanohybrid material was developed and used for the first time to the kinetic
resolution of secondary alcohols as rac-indanol, rac-1-phenylethanol (rac-1), rac-1-(3 …

Silica nanoparticles induce liver fibrosis via TGF-β1/Smad3 pathway in ICR mice

Y Yu, J Duan, Y Li, Y Li, L Jing, M Yang… - International journal …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The liver is one of the target organs of silica nanoparticles (SiO2 NPs) but the toxic
mechanism on the liver still remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the hepatic toxicity …

The design of anionic surfactant-based amino-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles and their application in transdermal drug delivery

A Almomen, AM El-Toni, M Badran, A Alhowyan… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Melanoma remains the most lethal form of skin cancer and most challenging to treat despite
advances in the oncology field. Our work describes the utilization of nanotechnology to …

Biocompatibility of amine‐functionalized silica nanoparticles: the role of surface coverage

IL Hsiao, S Fritsch‐Decker, A Leidner, M Al‐Rawi… - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Here, amorphous silica nanoparticles (NPs), one of the most abundant nanomaterials, are
used as an example to illustrate the utmost importance of surface coverage by functional …

Nitrodopamine modified MnO 2 NS-MoS 2 QDs hybrid nanocomposite for the extracellular and intracellular detection of glutathione

G Sivakumar, A Gupta, A Babu, PK Sasmal… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We have developed a highly sensitive and reliable fluorescence resonance energy transfer
(FRET) probe using nitro-dopamine (ND) and dopamine (DA) coated MnO2 nanosheet …

Amorphous nanosilica induced toxicity, inflammation and innate immune responses: A critical review

N Sharma, S Jha - Toxicology, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles are promising bioengineering platforms facilitating various consumer product
formulations, including packaged food, electrical, biosensor and biomedical tools. The …