Carbon-based quantum dots (CQDs) are a newly developed class of carbon nano-materials
that have attracted much interest and attention as promising competitors to already available …

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have become important fluorescent probes for in vitro
and in vivo bioimaging research. Their nanoparticle surfaces for versatile bioconjugation …

Understanding the relationships between the physicochemical properties of engineered
nanomaterials and their toxicity is critical for environmental and health risk analysis …

This critical review will present the role of nanoparticles (NPs) in the directions that are vital
to the new field of nanomedicine, including imaging and drug delivery. We reflect on the …

This review introduces quantum dots (QDs) and explores their properties, synthesis,
applications, delivery systems in biology, and their toxicity. QDs are one of the first …

A single nanoparticle platform has been developed through the modular and controlled
layer-by-layer process to codeliver siRNA that knocks down a drug-resistance pathway in …

The plasma membrane as a selectively permeable barrier of living cells is essential to cell
survival and function. In many cases, however, the efficient passage of exogenous bioactive …

Nearly 30 years ago, certain small, relatively nontoxic peptides were discovered to be
capable of traversing the cell membrane. These cell-penetrating peptides, as they are now …

Cancer nanotheranostics aims to combine imaging and therapy of cancer through use of
nanotechnology. The ability to engineer nanomaterials to interact with cancer cells at the …

Dual-functional liposomes with pH-responsive cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) and active
targeting hyaluronic acid (HA) were fabricated for tumor-targeted drug delivery. A series of …