Applications of nanoparticles in biomedical imaging

Applications of gold nanoparticles for medical imaging

Background & Aim: Molecular imaging enables us to non-invasively visualize tissue microstructures and lesion characterization, allowing accurate diagnosis of diseases at early stages. A successful molecular imaging requires a nontoxic contrast agent with high sensitivity. Nowadays, a wide range of nanoparticles have been developed as contrast agents for medical imaging modalities. Here, we revi...

Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

Particles with diameters in the range of 2 to 100 nm, so-called nanocrystalline materials, have become a major interdisciplinary area of research during recent decades. In fact, since the seventeenth century, noble metallic nanomaterials, though not understood, have been obtained and used to give rise to a brilliant rose color throughout Europe in stained glass windows of cathedrals and by the ...

Biomedical Applications of Multiferroic Nanoparticles

Biomedical applications of inorganic nanoparticles

In the last two decades, a large number of nanoscale and nanostructure-based therapeutic and diagnostic agents have been developed, not only for cancer treatment but also for its prevention and diagnosis. Targeted cancer, hyperthermia, photodynamic and gene therapies are just some of the cancer treatments that use engineered nanomaterials. These therapies can be used in isolation or in combinat...

Biomedical Applications of Gold Nanoparticles

Gold nanoparticles display unique properties which allow them to influence a number of different biochemical processes. Interestingly, these effects are dependent on the particle surface chemistry which varies considerably based on the particle size. In addition, unlike most of other nanomaterials, gold nanoparticles do not trigger the formation of pro-inflammatory multiprotein complexes, known...