Nanochemistry advancing photon conversion in rare-earth nanostructures for theranostics

R Lv, M Raab, Y Wang, J Tian, J Lin… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rare-earth (RE) doped nanoparticles show unique features of photon conversion from an
incident wavelength to a more suitable wavelength at an intended biological site, thus …

Functional nanomaterials in biomedicine: Current uses and potential applications

AM Diez‐Pascual, A Rahdar - ChemMedChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomaterials, that is, materials made up of individual units between 1 and 100
nanometers, have lately involved a lot of attention since they offer a lot of potential in many …

Porphyrin as diagnostic and therapeutic agent

N Tsolekile, S Nelana, OS Oluwafemi - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
The synthesis and application of porphyrins has seen a huge shift towards research in
porphyrin bio-molecular based systems in the past decade. The preferential localization of …

Photocatalytically active graphitic carbon nitride as an effective and safe 2D material for in vitro and in vivo photodynamic therapy

H Taheri, MA Unal, M Sevim, C Gurcan, O Ekim… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thanks to its photocatalytic property, graphitic carbon nitride (g‐C3N4) is a promising
candidate in various applications including nanomedicine. However, studies focusing on the …

Biomimetic nanoparticles coated with bacterial outer membrane vesicles as a new-generation platform for biomedical applications

A Naskar, H Cho, S Lee, K Kim - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The biomedical field is currently reaping the benefits of research on biomimetic
nanoparticles (NPs), which are synthetic nanoparticles fabricated with natural cellular …

Recent advances in porphyrin-based inorganic nanoparticles for cancer treatment

H Montaseri, CA Kruger, H Abrahamse - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The application of porphyrins and their derivatives have been investigated extensively over
the past years for phototherapy cancer treatment. Phototherapeutic Porphyrins have the …

Advances in photodynamic therapy based on nanotechnology and its application in skin cancer

P Zhang, T Han, H Xia, L Dong, L Chen, L Lei - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Comprehensive cancer treatments have been widely studied. Traditional treatment methods
(eg, radiotherapy, chemotherapy), despite ablating tumors, inevitably damage normal cells …

Superior properties and biomedical applications of microorganism-derived fluorescent quantum dots

M Abdel-Salam, B Omran, K Whitehead, KH Baek - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Quantum dots (QDs) are fluorescent nanocrystals with superb photo-physical properties.
Applications of QDs have been exponentially increased during the past decade. They can …

Bioinorganic systems responsive to the diatomic gases O2, NO, and CO: From biological sensors to therapy

LG de Franca Lopes, FSG Júnior, AKM Holanda… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
The diatomic molecules, O 2, NO and CO, have had a myriad of roles in biology. Due to this,
nature has developed many sensing proteins to perceive and respond to changes in the …

Biocompatible nanocarriers for enhanced cancer photodynamic therapy applications

SS Dhilip Kumar, H Abrahamse - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the role of nanotechnology in drug delivery has become increasingly
important, and this field of research holds many potential benefits for cancer treatment …