Exploring the journey of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) toward biomedical applications

F Islam, S Shohag, MJ Uddin, MR Islam, MH Nafady… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The field of nanotechnology is concerned with the creation and application of materials
having a nanoscale spatial dimensioning. Having a considerable surface area to volume …

Recent advances in zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) for cancer diagnosis, target drug delivery, and treatment

S Anjum, M Hashim, SA Malik, M Khan, JM Lorenzo… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Despite breakthroughs in medicine, cancer remains one of the most feared
diseases. Traditionally, chemotherapies have been the treatment of choice. However …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles: a promising nanomaterial for biomedical applications

PK Mishra, H Mishra, A Ekielski, S Talegaonkar… - Drug discovery today, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•ZnO nanoparticles are an emerging novel nanomaterial.•It exhibits effects by
inducing ROS generation and causing apoptosis.•It shows synergistic and enhanced …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-acceptable 0D and 1D ZnO nanostructures for cancer diagnostics and treatment

B Ortiz-Casas, A Galdamez-Martinez… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
As bioapplications of 0D and 1D zinc oxide (ZnO) seem a recent development, they have
brought many exciting proposals showing exquisite signs as sensors and assay platforms …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial nano-zinc oxide biocomposites for wound healing applications: a review

P Pino, F Bosco, C Mollea, B Onida - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chronic wounds are a major concern for global health, affecting millions of individuals
worldwide. As their occurrence is correlated with age and age-related comorbidities, their …

Functionalized graphene oxide for chemotherapeutic drug delivery and cancer treatment: a promising material in nanomedicine

H Sharma, S Mondal - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The usage of nanomaterials for cancer treatment has been a popular research focus over
the past decade. Nanomaterials, including polymeric nanomaterials, metal nanoparticles …

Light activated shape memory polymers and composites: A review

M Herath, J Epaarachchi, M Islam, L Fang… - European Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Shape memory polymers and their composites are capable to hold a temporary shape and
recover to the original shape upon exposure to a particular external stimulus. The stimulus …

Green nanotechnology-based zinc oxide (ZnO) nanomaterials for biomedical applications: a review

DM Cruz, E Mostafavi, A Vernet-Crua… - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The rise of nanotechnology has brought to the world a new potential and broader
perspective of what humanity can achieve through material manipulation at the nanoscale …

Antipathogenic properties and applications of low-dimensional materials

ZL Shaw, S Kuriakose, S Cheeseman… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
A major health concern of the 21st century is the rise of multi-drug resistant pathogenic
microbial species. Recent technological advancements have led to considerable …

ZnO nanostructures for drug delivery and theranostic applications

M Martínez-Carmona, Y Gun'Ko, M Vallet-Regí - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the last two decades, zinc oxide (ZnO) semiconductor Quantum dots (QDs) have been
shown to have fantastic luminescent properties, which together with their low-cost, low …