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 …

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 …

Upconverting luminescent nanoparticles (UCNPs) display the unique property of emitting
visible light following photoexcitation with near-infrared laser light. This results in features …

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) has been widely used as a spectroscopic
technique in various areas such as structural elucidation of biological molecules and their …

As the biosafety of nanotechnology becomes a growing concern, the in vivo nanotoxicity of
NPs has drawn a lot of attention. Silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) have been widely developed …

Silica nanoparticles are versatile platforms with many intrinsic features, such as low toxicity.
Proper design and derivatization yields particularly stable colloids, even in physiological …

The need to decipher various biological events has led to the elucidation of the molecular
mechanisms underlying a number of disease processes. Consequently, the detection and …

A nonsulfur probe based on a 1, 8-naphthalimide and alkyne conjugate for the ratiometric
fluorescent sensing for Hg2+ and Au3+ through the tuning of pH in different aqueous …

Fluorescent silica nanoparticles (FSNPs) have attracted great interest for potential
applications in biological and biomedical fields because they possess higher fluorescence …

The breakthrough in the field of nanotechnology has had a major influence on the field of
biosensors. The integration of nanomaterials in the construction of biosensors could be …