Engineering mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery: where are we after two decades?

M Vallet-Regí, F Schüth, D Lozano, M Colilla… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The present review details a chronological description of the events that took place during
the development of mesoporous materials, their different synthetic routes and their use as …

Where is nano today and where is it headed? A review of nanomedicine and the dilemma of nanotoxicology

C Domingues, A Santos, C Alvarez-Lorenzo… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Worldwide nanotechnology development and application have fueled many scientific
advances, but technophilic expectations and technophobic demands must be …

Role of nanotechnology behind the success of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19

A Khurana, P Allawadhi, I Khurana, S Allwadhi… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
The emergency use authorization (EUA) by the US-FDA for two mRNA-based vaccines
BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) and mRNA-1273 (Moderna) has brought hope of addressing …

The in vivo fate of polymeric micelles

Y Cai, J Qi, Y Lu, H He, W Wu - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
This review aims to provide a systemic analysis of the in vivo, as well as subcellular, fate of
polymeric micelles (PMs), starting from the entry of PMs into the body. Few PMs are able to …

Piezoelectric nanomaterials activated by ultrasound: the pathway from discovery to future clinical adoption

A Cafarelli, A Marino, L Vannozzi, J Puigmartí-Luis… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrical stimulation has shown great promise in biomedical applications, such as
regenerative medicine, neuromodulation, and cancer treatment. Yet, the use of electrical …

Progress, challenges, and future of nanomedicine

C Zhang, L Yan, X Wang, S Zhu, C Chen, Z Gu, Y Zhao - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanotherapeutics exhibit unique advantages in clinical outcomes compared with
conventional small molecular drugs. The past three decades have seen intensive research …

Piezoelectric biomaterials inspired by nature for applications in biomedicine and nanotechnology

S Chen, X Tong, Y Huo, S Liu, Y Yin, ML Tan… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bioelectricity provides electrostimulation to regulate cell/tissue behaviors and functions. In
the human body, bioelectricity can be generated in electromechanically responsive tissues …

Nanopharmaceuticals and nanomedicines currently on the market: challenges and opportunities

F Farjadian, A Ghasemi, O Gohari, A Roointan… - …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
There has been a revolution in nanotechnology and nanomedicine. Since 1980, there has
been a remarkable increase in approved nano-based pharmaceutical products. These novel …

Solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers: A review emphasizing on particle structure and drug release

A Gordillo-Galeano, CE Mora-Huertas - European Journal of Pharmaceutics …, 2018 - Elsevier
Colloidal systems based on lipids have attracted attention during the last two decades as a
delivery method of drugs that are poorly soluble in water. The investigations carried out have …

Surface modifications of nanoparticles for stability in biological fluids

L Guerrini, RA Alvarez-Puebla, N Pazos-Perez - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Due to the high surface: volume ratio and the extraordinary properties arising from the
nanoscale (optical, electric, magnetic, etc.), nanoparticles (NPs) are excellent candidates for …