Gold nanomaterials at work in biomedicine

X Yang, M Yang, B Pang, M Vara, Y **a - Chemical reviews, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Gold is a precious metal with a characteristic bright and beautiful hue known as the golden
yellow color.(1) As of 2012, a total of 174,100 tons of Au has been mined in human history …

Engineered nanoparticles for drug delivery in cancer therapy

T Sun, YS Zhang, B Pang, DC Hyun… - Nanomaterials and …, 2021‏ - taylorfrancis.com
In medicine, nanotechnology has sparked a rapidly growing interest as it promises to solve a
number of issues associated with conventional therapeutic agents, including their poor …

Functional nanomaterials for phototherapies of cancer

L Cheng, C Wang, L Feng, K Yang, Z Liu - Chemical reviews, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
Cancer has been one of the major threats to the lives of human beings for centuries.(1)
Current cancer therapies mainly include surgery, chemotherapies, and radiotherapies …

Stimuli-responsive nanocarriers for drug delivery

S Mura, J Nicolas, P Couvreur - Nature materials, 2013‏ - nature.com
Spurred by recent progress in materials chemistry and drug delivery, stimuli-responsive
devices that deliver a drug in spatial-, temporal-and dosage-controlled fashions have …

Nanomaterials for theranostics: recent advances and future challenges

EK Lim, T Kim, S Paik, S Haam, YM Huh… - Nanomaterials and …, 2021‏ - taylorfrancis.com
The field of nanomedicines has expanded significantly in recent years in the breadth of
compounds under development as well as in the types of technology that are being applied …

Polymer degradation and drug delivery in PLGA‐based drug–polymer applications: A review of experiments and theories

Y Xu, CS Kim, DM Saylor, D Koo - Journal of biomedical …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Poly (lactic‐co‐glycolic acid)(PLGA) copolymers have been broadly used in controlled drug
release applications. Because these polymers are biodegradable, they provide an attractive …

Hydrophilic Cu9S5 Nanocrystals: A Photothermal Agent with a 25.7% Heat Conversion Efficiency for Photothermal Ablation of Cancer Cells in Vivo

Q Tian, F Jiang, R Zou, Q Liu, Z Chen, M Zhu, S Yang… - ACS …, 2011‏ - ACS Publications
Photothermal ablation (PTA) therapy has a great potential to revolutionize conventional
therapeutic approaches for cancers, but it has been limited by difficulties in obtaining …

Mesoporous silica‐coated gold nanorods as a light‐mediated multifunctional theranostic platform for cancer treatment

Z Zhang, L Wang, J Wang, X Jiang, X Li… - Advanced …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
The unique physicochemical properties of nanomaterials have offered an opportunity to
integrate different theranostic modalities into a single nanoplatform for combined cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Sustained drug release from smart nanoparticles in cancer therapy: a comprehensive review

X Bai, ZL Smith, Y Wang, S Butterworth, A Tirella - Micromachines, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Although nanomedicine has been highly investigated for cancer treatment over the past
decades, only a few nanomedicines are currently approved and in the market; making this …

Smart drug delivery systems: from fundamentals to the clinic

C Alvarez-Lorenzo, A Concheiro - Chemical communications, 2014‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Forty years after the first reports on stimuli-responsive phase transitions in synthetic
hydrogels, the first medicines based on responsive components are approaching the …