A review on the synthesis and functionalization of gold nanoparticles as a drug delivery vehicle

SJ Amina, B Guo - International journal of nanomedicine, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Metal nanoparticles are being extensively used in biomedical fields due to their small size-to-
volume ratio and extensive thermal stability. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are an obvious …

The role of ligands in the chemical synthesis and applications of inorganic nanoparticles

A Heuer-Jungemann, N Feliu, I Bakaimi… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The design of nanoparticles is critical for their efficient use in many applications ranging from
biomedicine to sensing and energy. While shape and size are responsible for the properties …

A first-in-human phase 0 clinical study of RNA interference–based spherical nucleic acids in patients with recurrent glioblastoma

P Kumthekar, CH Ko, T Paunesku, K Dixit… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most difficult cancers to effectively treat, in part because of
the lack of precision therapies and limited therapeutic access to intracranial tumor sites due …

Self-protected DNAzyme walker with a circular bulging DNA shield for amplified imaging of miRNAs in living cells and mice

Y Gao, S Zhang, C Wu, Q Li, Z Shen, Y Lu, ZS Wu - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Abnormal expression of miRNAs is often detected in various human cancers. DNAzyme
machines combined with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) hold promise for detecting specific …

Advances in biomaterials for drug delivery

OS Fenton, KN Olafson, PS Pillai… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in biomaterials for drug delivery are enabling significant progress in biology and
medicine. Multidisciplinary collaborations between physical scientists, engineers, biologists …

DNA nanotechnology-enabled drug delivery systems

Q Hu, H Li, L Wang, H Gu, C Fan - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, we have seen rapid advances in applying nanotechnology in
biomedical areas including bioimaging, biodetection, and drug delivery. As an emerging …

Gold nanoparticles in cancer treatment

K Sztandera, M Gorzkiewicz… - Molecular …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Colloidal gold has been studied for its potential application in medicine for centuries.
However, synthesis and evaluation of various gold nanoparticles have only recently been …

DNA origami: scaffolds for creating higher order structures

F Hong, F Zhang, Y Liu, H Yan - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
DNA has become one of the most extensively used molecular building blocks for
engineering self-assembling materials. DNA origami is a technique that uses hundreds of …

Laser synthesis and processing of colloids: fundamentals and applications

D Zhang, B Gokce, S Barcikowski - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Driven by functionality and purity demand for applications of inorganic nanoparticle colloids
in optics, biology, and energy, their surface chemistry has become a topic of intensive …

Advances in surface functionalization of next-generation metal-organic frameworks for biomedical applications: design, strategies, and prospects

X Chen, SM Argandona, F Melle, N Rampal… - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as a potential platform for biomedical
applications due to their highly tunable porosities, structural diversity, and multi-functionality …