Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are capable of converting near-
infra-red excitation into visible and ultraviolet emission. Their unique optical properties have …

Background Fluorescent silica nanoparticles have been extensively utilised in a broad
range of biological applications and are facilitated by their predictable, well-understood …

We have developed a general synthetic route to encapsulate small molecules in
monodisperse zeolitic imid-azolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) nanospheres for drug delivery …

In this study, the skin penetration and cellular uptake of amorphous silica particles with
positive and negative surface charge and sizes ranging from 291±9 to 42±3 nm were …

The synthesis of multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) is a highly active area of
current research located at the interface between materials science, biotechnology and …

The influence of the surface functionalization of silica particles on their colloidal stability in
physiological media is studied and correlated with their uptake in cells. The surface of 55±2 …

Reliable quantification of nanoparticle uptake in mammalian cells is essential to study the
effects of nanoparticles in the fields of medicine and environmental science. Most …

The electromagnetic enhancement (EM) mechanism is one of the important theories that
need to be mastered to study surface-enhanced fluorescence (SEF) and surface-enhanced …

Silica nanoparticles (SNPs) play an important positive role in enhancing stress resistance of
plants. However, their absorption and the mechanisms of resistance in plants are not yet …

The fundamental and applied physics of noble-metal nanoparticles is currently attracting
much attention. To a great extent this is due to promising new applications of noble-metal …