Lipid membranes regulate the flow of nutrients and communication signaling between cells
and protect the sub-cellular structures. Recent attempts to fabricate artificial systems using …

Porous silicon nanoparticles have been established as excellent candidates for medical
applications as drug delivery devices, due to their excellent biocompatibility …

Biocomposite materials, other than those used in the medical field, have been used to store
various forms of energy. These materials have created great interest among the research …

Silicon, the most abundant element is not considered essential but all life forms contain it to
varying degree. Plants, particularly monocotyledons absorb silicon in the form of silicic acid …

The incorporation of the curcumin into poly (lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) nanospheres by
the nanoprecipitation technique, the characterization of the nanoparticles and the …

Application oriented selection of a material depends on the bulk properties of that material.
However, a first encountering feature of any material in an application is its surface and thus …

The six elements commonly known as metalloids are boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic,
antimony, and tellurium. Metalloid containing compounds have been used as antiprotozoal …

Nanomaterials are applied with great success in biomedical applications as templates for
the development of new generation devices, which can be used to solve current health …

There are many kinds of materials with different applications. In this context, biomaterials
stand out because of their ability to remain in contact with tissues of the human body …

The invention provides a biodegradable drug-eluting particle useful for the delivery of
diagnostic or therapeutic agents. In certain embodiments, the drug-eluting particle of the …