An overview of nanoparticles commonly used in fluorescent bioimaging

OS Wolfbeis - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This article gives an overview of the various kinds of nanoparticles (NPs) that are widely
used for purposes of fluorescent imaging, mainly of cells and tissues. Following an …

Recent developments in polydopamine: an emerging soft matter for surface modification and biomedical applications

M Liu, G Zeng, K Wang, Q Wan, L Tao, X Zhang, Y Wei - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
After more than four billion years of evolution, nature has created a large number of
fascinating living organisms, which show numerous peculiar structures and wonderful …

Polymeric AIE-based nanoprobes for biomedical applications: recent advances and perspectives

X Zhang, K Wang, M Liu, X Zhang, L Tao, Y Chen… - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of polymeric luminescent nanomaterials for biomedical applications has
recently attracted a large amount of attention due to the remarkable advantages of these …

Calcium-based biomaterials for diagnosis, treatment, and theranostics

C Qi, J Lin, LH Fu, P Huang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Calcium-based (CaXs) biomaterials including calcium phosphates, calcium carbonates,
calcium silicate and calcium fluoride have been widely utilized in the biomedical field owing …

Aggregation induced emission-based fluorescent nanoparticles: fabrication methodologies and biomedical applications

X Zhang, X Zhang, L Tao, Z Chi, J Xu… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Novel fluorescent nanoparticle (FNP)-based bioprobes are expected to generate new
medical diagnostic techniques in biomedical and biological areas for their superior …

Fluorescent nanoparticles based on AIE fluorogens for bioimaging

L Yan, Y Zhang, B Xu, W Tian - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorescent nanoparticles (FNPs) have recently attracted increasing attention in the
biomedical field because of their unique optical properties, easy fabrication and outstanding …

Self-polymerization of dopamine and polyethyleneimine: novel fluorescent organic nanoprobes for biological imaging applications

M Liu, J Ji, X Zhang, X Zhang, B Yang… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of novel fluorescent nanoprobes has attracted great current research
interest over the past few decades due to their superior optical properties and multifunctional …

Aggregation-induced emission active luminescent polymeric nanoparticles: non-covalent fabrication methodologies and biomedical applications

Q Wan, Q Huang, M Liu, D Xu, H Huang, X Zhang… - Applied Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) phenomenon was first reported by Tang et al. in 2001.
Since then, the AIE-active functional materials have attracted more and more attention for …

Fabrication of aggregation induced emission dye-based fluorescent organic nanoparticles via emulsion polymerization and their cell imaging applications

X Zhang, X Zhang, B Yang, M Liu, W Liu, Y Chen… - Polymer …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Aggregation induced emission (AIE) dye-based fluorescent organic nanoparticles (FONs)
have recently emerged as novel fluorescent bioprobes due to their remarkable optical …

Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity evaluation of chemically synthesized and functionalized upconversion nanoparticles

AA Ansari, AK Parchur, Y Li, T Jia, R Lv, Y Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) show attractive anti-Stokes characteristics converting
lower-energy photons into higher-energy emissions. The excellent biocompatibility and …