Photoacoustic imaging: contrast agents and their biomedical applications

Q Fu, R Zhu, J Song, H Yang, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging as a fast‐developing imaging technique has great potential in
biomedical and clinical applications. It is a noninvasive imaging modality that depends on …

The synthesis, properties and potential applications of cyclic polymers

FM Haque, SM Grayson - Nature Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Unlike their more common linear counterparts, cyclic polymers have a ring-like structure and
a lack of chain ends. Because of their topology, cyclic polymers exhibit a unique set of …

DNA origami: scaffolds for creating higher order structures

F Hong, F Zhang, Y Liu, H Yan - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
DNA has become one of the most extensively used molecular building blocks for
engineering self-assembling materials. DNA origami is a technique that uses hundreds of …

Targeted drug delivery with polymers and magnetic nanoparticles: covalent and noncovalent approaches, release control, and clinical studies

K Ulbrich, K Hola, V Subr, A Bakandritsos… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Targeted delivery combined with controlled drug release has a pivotal role in the future of
personalized medicine. This review covers the principles, advantages, and drawbacks of …

Advanced applications of chitosan-based hydrogels: From biosensors to intelligent food packaging system

J Yang, M Shen, Y Luo, T Wu, X Chen, Y Wang… - Trends in Food Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background As the only natural cationic polysaccharide, chitosan (CH) have several
bioactivities. Moreover, CH was the ideal biomaterial for the preparation of hydrogels that …

Nanomedicine and advanced technologies for burns: Preventing infection and facilitating wound healing

MAM Jahromi, PS Zangabad, SMM Basri… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
According to the latest report from the World Health Organization, an estimated 265,000
deaths still occur every year as a direct result of burn injuries. A widespread range of these …

Diverse applications of nanomedicine

B Pelaz, C Alexiou, RA Alvarez-Puebla, F Alves… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The design and use of materials in the nanoscale size range for addressing medical and
health-related issues continues to receive increasing interest. Research in nanomedicine …

The role of micelle size in tumor accumulation, penetration, and treatment

J Wang, W Mao, LL Lock, J Tang, M Sui, W Sun… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The specific sizes that determine optimal nanoparticle tumor accumulation, penetration, and
treatment remain inconclusive because many studies compared nanoparticles with multiple …

Recent Advances in Poly(α-L-glutamic acid)-Based Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery

Y Zhang, W Song, Y Lu, Y Xu, C Wang, DG Yu, I Kim - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Poly (α-L-glutamic acid)(PGA) is a class of synthetic polypeptides composed of the
monomeric unit α-L-glutamic acid. Owing to their biocompatibility, biodegradability, and non …

Design, functionalization strategies and biomedical applications of targeted biodegradable/biocompatible polymer-based nanocarriers for drug delivery

J Nicolas, S Mura, D Brambilla, N Mackiewicz… - Chemical Society …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Design and functionalization strategies for multifunctional nanocarriers (eg, nanoparticles,
micelles, polymersomes) based on biodegradable/biocompatible polymers intended to be …