The invention of silica-based bioactive glass in the late 1960s has sparked significant
interest in exploring a wide range of silicon-containing biomaterials from the macroscale to …

In the past decade, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) with a large surface area and
pore volume have attracted considerable attention for their application in drug delivery and …

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a powerful, noninvasive and nondestructive
technique, capable of providing three-dimensional (3D) images of living organisms. The use …

There are a wide variety of silica nanoformulations being investigated for biomedical
applications. Silica nanoparticles can be produced using a wide variety of synthetic …

Gaining greater understanding of the structural and functional properties of living systems is
a key challenge in biology and medicine. On a more practical side, the diagnosis and …

Uniform and extremely small-sized iron oxide nanoparticles (ESIONs) of< 4 nm were
synthesized via the thermal decomposition of iron–oleate complex in the presence of oleyl …

Theranostic nanomedicine is emerging as a promising therapeutic paradigm. It takes
advantage of the high capacity of nanoplatforms to ferry cargo and loads onto them both …

Various inorganic nanoparticles have been used as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
contrast agents due to their unique properties, such as large surface area and efficient …

The efficient and safe delivery of therapeutic drugs, proteins, and nucleic acids are essential
for meaningful therapeutic benefits. The field of nanomedicine shows promising implications …

The conundrum of modality selection in clinical diagnostic imaging is that modalities with the
highest sensitivity have relatively poor resolution, while those with high resolution have …