Dendrimers in biomedical applications—reflections on the field

S Svenson, DA Tomalia - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The formation of particulate systems with well-defined sizes and shapes is of eminent
interest in certain medical applications such as drug delivery, gene transfection, and …

Dendrimer as nanocarrier for drug delivery

P Kesharwani, K Jain, NK Jain - Progress in Polymer Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Dendrimers are novel three dimensional, hyperbranched globular nanopolymeric
architectures. Attractive features like nanoscopic size, narrow polydispersity index, excellent …

Imaging and drug delivery using theranostic nanoparticles

SM Janib, AS Moses, JA MacKay - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
Nanoparticle technologies are significantly impacting the development of both therapeutic
and diagnostic agents. At the intersection between treatment and diagnosis, interest has …

Nano‐sized CT contrast agents

N Lee, SH Choi, T Hyeon - Advanced Materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Computed tomography (CT) is one of the most widely used clinical imaging modalities. In
order to increase the sensitivity of CT, small iodinated compounds are used as injectable …

[BOOK][B] Introduction to nanoscience and nanotechnology

GL Hornyak, HF Tibbals, J Dutta, JJ Moore - 2008 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The maturation of nanotechnology has revealed it to be a unique and distinct discipline
rather than a specialization within a larger field. Its textbook cannot afford to be a chemistry …

Nanoparticle contrast agents for computed tomography: a focus on micelles

DP Cormode, PC Naha… - Contrast media & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Computed tomography (CT) is an X‐ray‐based whole‐body imaging technique that is
widely used in medicine. Clinically approved contrast agents for CT are iodinated small …

PEGylated dendrimer-entrapped gold nanoparticles for in vivo blood pool and tumor imaging by computed tomography

C Peng, L Zheng, Q Chen, M Shen, R Guo, H Wang… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
We report the synthesis and characterization of dendrimer-entrapped gold nanoparticles (Au
DENPs) modified by polyethylene glycol (PEG) with enhanced biocompatibility for computed …

[HTML][HTML] Poly (amidoamine), polypropylenimine, and related dendrimers and dendrons possessing different 1→ 2 branching motifs: An overview of the divergent …

GR Newkome, CD Shreiner - Polymer, 2008 - Elsevier
This review presents an overview of 1→ 2 branched dendrimers and dendrons, created by a
divergent procedure, from their synthesis to modern day applications. The first members of …

Advantages and limitations of current techniques for analyzing the biodistribution of nanoparticles

L Arms, DW Smith, J Flynn, W Palmer… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Nanomedicines are typically submicrometer-sized carrier materials (nanoparticles)
encapsulating therapeutic and/or imaging compounds that are used for the prevention …

Self‐Assembled Nano‐CT Contrast Agent Leveraging Size Aggregation for Improved In Vivo Tumor CT Imaging

C Wang, J Zhu, S Wang, L Zhao, P Wei… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Computed tomography (CT) is a widely utilized noninvasive diagnostic tool in clinical
practice. However, the commonly employed small molecular iodinated contrast agents …