Every so often, a new term comes along that represents an emerging scientific trend. Biotechnology, genetic engineering, tissue engineering, gene therapy, combinatorial chemistry, high throughput screening, and stem cells are some examples of past terms. Recently, nanotechnology has become a popular term representing the main efforts of the current science and technology. Nanotechnology, which ...

Nanotechnology has not only attracted significant attention from various research communities, industries, and policy-makers, but has also drawn great public interest and enthusiasm. A lot of progress has been made lately, particularly in the past decade, and has resulted in a huge number of publications, focused journals, various scientific conferences, and monographs. The nanotechnology field...

Nanotechnology involves the engineering of functional systems at nanoscale, thus being attractive for disciplines ranging from materials science to biomedicine. One of the most active research areas of the nanotechnology is nanomedicine, which applies nanotechnology to highly specific medical interventions for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, including cancer disease. Over the ...

School of Mechanical, Materials and M Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Austra School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjin Nanjing 210094, China. E-mail: junzhang@ Queensland Microand Nanotechnology C 4111, Australia School of Biological Sciences, University o Australia Illawarra Health and Medical Research Ins † Electronic supplementary informa 10.1039/c6ra25328h Cite this: RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 3461

The medical and dental field has seen several technological revolutions that have changed clinical practice. One concept which has and holds further promise in bringing about a paradigm shift in the field of diagnostics and management is nanotechnology. Nanotechnology has several applications in dentistry, from diagnosis of pathological conditions to local anaesthesia, orthodontic tooth movemen...

The development of nanotechnology is responsible for an increase in the achievements in medical diagnostics and in the preparation of new therapeutic vehicles. In particular, magnetic nanoparticles with a modified surface are a very attractive alternative to deliver therapeutic agents. We describe the modification of the surface of the iron oxide nanoparticles with aminophosphonic acids by appl...