Search Results - "Nanoscale"

Green approaches for the synthesis of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles using microbial and plant extracts by Jeevanandam, Jaison, Kiew, Siaw Fui, Boakye-Ansah, Stephen, Lau, Sie Yon, Barhoum, Ahmed, Danquah, Michael K, Rodrigues, João

“…Green synthesis approaches are gaining significance as promising routes for the sustainable preparation of nanoparticles, offering reduced toxicity towards…”
Get more information

Standardizing luminescence nanothermometry for biomedical applications by Bednarkiewicz, Artur, Marciniak, Lukasz, Carlos, Luís D, Jaque, Daniel

“…Luminescence nanothermometry enables accurate, remote, and all-optically-based thermal sensing. Notwithstanding its fast development, there are serious…”
Get more information

Carbon dots: advances in nanocarbon applications by Kang, Zhenhui, Lee, Shuit-Tong

“…Carbon dots (C-Dots), defined by characteristic sizes of <10 nm, have become a rising star in carbon nanomaterials. C-Dots possess many unique physiochemical…”
Get more information

Applications of nanoparticles in biomedical imaging by Han, Xiangjun, Xu, Ke, Taratula, Olena, Farsad, Khashayar

“…An urgent need for early detection and diagnosis of diseases continuously pushes the advancements of imaging modalities and contrast agents. Current challenges…”
Get more information

Gold nanoparticle-based colorimetric biosensors by Aldewachi, H, Chalati, T, Woodroofe, M N, Bricklebank, N, Sharrack, B, Gardiner, P

“…Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) provide excellent platforms for the development of colorimetric biosensors as they can be easily functionalised, displaying…”
Get more information

Synthesis of garlic skin-derived 3D hierarchical porous carbon for high-performance supercapacitors by Zhang, Qing, Han, Kuihua, Li, Shijie, Li, Ming, Li, Jinxiao, Ren, Ke

“…A three-dimensional hierarchical porous carbon is synthesized via a facile chemical activation route with garlic skin as the precursor and KOH as the…”
Get more information

Wound dressings functionalized with silver nanoparticles: promises and pitfalls by Kalantari, Katayoon, Mostafavi, Ebrahim, Afifi, Amalina M, Izadiyan, Zahra, Jahangirian, Hossein, Rafiee-Moghaddam, Roshanak, Webster, Thomas J

“…Infections are the main reason why most people die from burns and diabetic wounds. The clinical challenge for treating wound infections through traditional…”
Get more information

Technical challenges of working with extracellular vesicles by Ramirez, Marcel I, Amorim, Maria G, Gadelha, Catarina, Milic, Ivana, Welsh, Joshua A, Freitas, Vanessa M, Nawaz, Muhammad, Akbar, Naveed, Couch, Yvonne, Makin, Laura, Cooke, Fiona, Vettore, Andre L, Batista, Patricia X, Freezor, Roberta, Pezuk, Julia A, Rosa-Fernandes, Lívia, Carreira, Ana Claudia O, Devitt, Andrew, Jacobs, Laura, Silva, Israel T, Coakley, Gillian, Nunes, Diana N, Carter, Dave, Palmisano, Giuseppe, Dias-Neto, Emmanuel

“…Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) are gaining interest as central players in liquid biopsies, with potential applications in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic…”
Get more information

Graphitic carbon nitride based nanocomposites: a review by Zhao, Zaiwang, Sun, Yanjuan, Dong, Fan

“…Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C(3)N(4)), as an intriguing earth-abundant visible light photocatalyst, possesses a unique two-dimensional structure, excellent…”
Get more information

Nanoparticles for photothermal therapies by Jaque, D, Martínez Maestro, L, del Rosal, B, Haro-Gonzalez, P, Benayas, A, Plaza, J L, Martín Rodríguez, E, García Solé, J

“…The current status of the use of nanoparticles for photothermal treatments is reviewed in detail. The different families of heating nanoparticles are described…”
Get more information

On the role of helper lipids in lipid nanoparticle formulations of siRNA by Kulkarni, Jayesh A, Witzigmann, Dominik, Leung, Jerry, Tam, Yuen Yi C, Cullis, Pieter R

“…Onpattro, the first RNAi-based therapeutic to receive FDA approval, is enabled by a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) system that facilitates siRNA delivery into the…”
Get more information

Engineering macrophage-derived exosomes for targeted chemotherapy of triple-negative breast cancer by Li, Sha, Wu, Yijing, Ding, Fei, Yang, Jiapei, Li, Jing, Gao, Xihui, Zhang, Chuan, Feng, Jing

“…Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most metastatic and recurrent subtype of all breast cancers. Owing to the lack of therapeutic targets, chemotherapy…”
Get more information

Nanocomposite hydrogels for tissue engineering applications by Zhao, Hongbo, Liu, Min, Zhang, Yajie, Yin, Jingbo, Pei, Renjun

“…Tissue engineering is an important field of regenerative medicine, which combines scaffolds and cell transplantation to develop substitute tissues and/or…”
Get more information

In vivo formation of protein corona on gold nanoparticles. The effect of their size and shape by García-Álvarez, Rafaela, Hadjidemetriou, Marilena, Sánchez-Iglesias, Ana, Liz-Marzán, Luis M, Kostarelos, Kostas

“…The efficacy of drug delivery and other nanomedicine-related therapies largely relies on the ability of nanoparticles to reach the target organ. However, when…”
Get more information

Towards a point-of-care SERS sensor for biomedical and agri-food analysis applications: a review of recent advancements by Perumal, Jayakumar, Wang, Yusong, Attia, Amalina Binte Ebrahim, Dinish, U S, Olivo, Malini

“…The growing demand for reliable and robust methodology in bio-chemical sensing calls for the continuous advancement of sensor technologies. Over the last two…”
Get more information

Exosome-mediated delivery of gene vectors for gene therapy by Duan, Li, Xu, Limei, Xu, Xiao, Qin, Zhuan, Zhou, Xiaoying, Xiao, Yin, Liang, Yujie, Xia, Jiang

“…Gene vectors are nucleic acids that carry genetic materials or gene editing devices into cells to exert the sustained production of therapeutic proteins or to…”
Get more information

Curcumin-primed exosomes potently ameliorate cognitive function in AD mice by inhibiting hyperphosphorylation of the Tau protein through the AKT/GSK-3β pathway by Wang, Hao, Sui, Haijuan, Zheng, Yan, Jiang, Yibing, Shi, Yijie, Liang, Jia, Zhao, Liang

“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the progressive development of fatal neurodegenerative diseases. Owing to the unclearness of the pathogenesis of AD and the failure…”
Get more information

Research advances on surface plasmon resonance biosensors by Wang, Qi, Ren, Zi-Han, Zhao, Wan-Ming, Wang, Lei, Yan, Xin, Zhu, Ai-Song, Qiu, Feng-Mei, Zhang, Ke-Ke

“…The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) phenomenon is of wide interest due to its sensitivity to changes in surface refractive index for the label-free, highly…”
Get more information

Fluorine-free preparation of titanium carbide MXene quantum dots with high near-infrared photothermal performances for cancer therapy by Yu, Xinghua, Cai, Xingke, Cui, Haodong, Lee, Seung-Wuk, Yu, Xue-Feng, Liu, Bilu

“…Titanium carbide MXene quantum dots (QDs) were synthesized using an effective fluorine-free method as a biocompatible and highly efficient nanoagent for…”
Get more information

Bioaccumulation of polystyrene nanoplastics and their effect on the toxicity of Au ions in zebrafish embryos by Lee, Wang Sik, Cho, Hyun-Ju, Kim, Eungwang, Huh, Yang Hoon, Kim, Hyo-Jeong, Kim, Bongsoo, Kang, Taejoon, Lee, Jeong-Soo, Jeong, Jinyoung

“…As nano- and micro-sized plastics accumulate in the environment and the food chain of animals, including humans, it is imperative to assess the effects of…”
Get more information