An overview of active and passive targeting strategies to improve the nanocarriers efficiency to tumour sites

MF Attia, N Anton, J Wallyn, Z Omran… - Journal of Pharmacy …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objectives This review highlights both the physicochemical characteristics of the
nanocarriers (NCs) and the physiological features of tumour microenvironment (TME) to …

The golden age: gold nanoparticles for biomedicine

EC Dreaden, AM Alkilany, X Huang… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Gold nanoparticles have been used in biomedical applications since their first colloidal
syntheses more than three centuries ago. However, over the past two decades, their …

Functionalizing nanoparticles with biological molecules: develo** chemistries that facilitate nanotechnology

KE Sapsford, WR Algar, L Berti, KB Gemmill… - Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Bionanotechnology has now become firmly established in its own right as one of the
principle and focused subdisciplines within nanotechnology.(1-10) Bionanotechnology can …

Gold nanoparticles in delivery applications

P Ghosh, G Han, M De, CK Kim, VM Rotello - Advanced drug delivery …, 2008 - Elsevier
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) provide non-toxic carriers for drug and gene delivery
applications. With these systems, the gold core imparts stability to the assembly, while the …

Surface modification, functionalization and bioconjugation of colloidal inorganic nanoparticles

RA Sperling, WJ Parak - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Inorganic colloidal nanoparticles are very small, nanoscale objects with inorganic cores that
are dispersed in a solvent. Depending on the material they consist of, nanoparticles can …

Gold nanoparticles for applications in cancer radiotherapy: Mechanisms and recent advancements

S Her, DA Jaffray, C Allen - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have emerged as novel radiosensitizers owing to their high X-
ray absorption, synthetic versatility, and unique chemical, electronic and optical properties …

SERS tags: novel optical nanoprobes for bioanalysis

Y Wang, B Yan, L Chen - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is an ultrasensitive vibrational spectroscopic
technique to detect molecules on or near the surface of plasmonic nanostructures, greatly …

Biodistribution and toxicity of engineered gold nanoparticles: a review of in vitro and in vivo studies

N Khlebtsov, L Dykman - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent advances in wet chemical synthesis and biomolecular functionalization of gold
nanoparticles have led to a dramatic expansion of their potential biomedical applications …

Biological applications of gold nanoparticles

RA Sperling, PR Gil, F Zhang, M Zanella… - Chemical Society …, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
This critical review gives a short overview of the widespread use of gold nanoparticles in
biology. We have identified four classes of applications in which gold nanoparticles have …

Nanocarriers' entry into the cell: relevance to drug delivery

H Hillaireau, P Couvreur - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2009 - Springer
Nanocarriers offer unique possibilities to overcome cellular barriers in order to improve the
delivery of various drugs and drug candidates, including the promising therapeutic …