Luminescent semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are one of the more popular nanomaterials
currently utilized within biological applications. However, what is not widely appreciated is …

Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (HAP NPs) are host materials and can be modified with
various substrates and dopants. Among them, rare earth (RE) ions doped HAP NPs have …

Here we have investigated the effect of enshrouding polymer-coated nanoparticles (NPs)
with polyethylene glycol (PEG) on the adsorption of proteins and uptake by cultured cells …

What happens to inorganic nanoparticles (NPs), such as plasmonic gold or silver,
superparamagnetic iron oxide, or fluorescent quantum dot NPs after they have been …

In recent years, the growth in the field of nanotechnology has stimulated many other areas,
which eventually may involve everyday life uses as well as high-tech biomedical …

Using nanoparticles to deliver drugs to cells has the potential to revolutionize the treatment
of many diseases, including HIV, cancer, and diabetes. One of the major challenges facing …

Nanoparticles modified with ligands for specific targeting towards receptors expressed on
the surface of target cells are discussed in literature towards improved delivery strategies. In …

X-ray-based analytics are routinely applied in many fields, including physics, chemistry,
materials science, and engineering. The full potential of such techniques in the life sciences …

Functionally integrating DNA and other nucleic acids with nanoparticles in all their different
physicochemical forms has produced a rich variety of composite nanomaterials which, in …

The internalization of nanoparticles by cells (and more broadly the nanoparticle/cell
interaction) is a crucial issue both for biomedical applications (for the design of nanocarriers …