Multifunctional mesoporous silica nanoparticles for biomedical applications

B Xu, S Li, R Shi, H Liu - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) are recognized as a prime example of
nanotechnology applied in the biomedical field, due to their easily tunable structure and …

Nanomaterials for cancer therapy: current progress and perspectives

Z Cheng, M Li, R Dey, Y Chen - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2021 - Springer
Cancer is a disease with complex pathological process. Current chemotherapy faces
problems such as lack of specificity, cytotoxicity, induction of multi-drug resistance and stem …

Protein nanoparticles in drug delivery: animal protein, plant proteins and protein cages, albumin nanoparticles

E Kianfar - Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2021 - Springer
In this article, we will describe the properties of albumin and its biological functions, types of
sources that can be used to produce albumin nanoparticles, methods of producing albumin …

Advances in smart mesoporous carbon nanoplatforms for photothermal–enhanced synergistic cancer therapy

S Feng, J Lu, K Wang, D Di, Z Shi, Q Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mesoporous carbon nanoparticles (MCNs) and their derivatives have been extensively
explored in photothermal therapy (PTT) based cancer treatment, due to their unique …

Carbon-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications: a recent study

D Maiti, X Tong, X Mou, K Yang - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The study of carbon-based nanomaterials (CBNs) for biomedical applications has attracted
great attention due to their unique chemical and physical properties including thermal …

The crown and the scepter: roles of the protein corona in nanomedicine

R Cai, C Chen - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Engineering nanomaterials are increasingly considered promising and powerful biomedical
tools or devices for imaging, drug delivery, and cancer therapies, but few nanomaterials …

Safety assessment of graphene-based materials: focus on human health and the environment

B Fadeel, C Bussy, S Merino, E Vázquez, E Flahaut… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Graphene and its derivatives are heralded as “miracle” materials with manifold applications
in different sectors of society from electronics to energy storage to medicine. The increasing …

Antimicrobial mechanisms and effectiveness of graphene and graphene-functionalized biomaterials. A scope review

H Mohammed, A Kumar, E Bekyarova… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial infections represent nowadays the major reason of biomaterials implant failure,
however, most of the available implantable materials do not hold antimicrobial properties …

Mechanisms of the antimicrobial activities of graphene materials

X Zou, L Zhang, Z Wang, Y Luo - Journal of the american chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A thorough understanding of the antimicrobial mechanisms of graphene materials (GMs) is
critical to the manipulation of highly efficient antimicrobial nanomaterials for future …

Functional graphene nanomaterials based architectures: biointeractions, fabrications, and emerging biological applications

C Cheng, S Li, A Thomas, NA Kotov, R Haag - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Functional graphene nanomaterials (FGNs) are fast emerging materials with extremely
unique physical and chemical properties and physiological ability to interfere and/or interact …