Functional Dye-Doped Silica Nanoparticles for Bioimaging, Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Methylene blue dye coated silver–silica nanoparticles with dual functionality fabricated by injection pump and ultrasonochemistry

“…Due to this wide range of applications, fabrication of composite nanostructures containing metal silver and non-metal silica has attracted many researchers [2,3,6,12]. Another interesting advancement in this area is incorporation of dyes or fluorescent labels within NPs for optical probe applications [13]. Functional modification of dye on the surface of silica NPs offers distinct advantages over conventional dye molecules, including high optical sensitivity, predominant photostability, lower toxicity and sufficient conjugation to target biomolecules [14,15].…”

Reduction of Self-Quenching in Fluorescent Silica-Coated Silver Nanoparticles

“…The use of nanoparticle technology to overcome the limitations of classical fluorophore probes has increased in recent years, in particular, by the incorporation of organic dyes in nanoparticles (NP), including silica nanoparticles [15,16]. These dye-doped NPs offer distinct advantages over commonly used dye molecules [15,17], including high optical detection sensitivity, increased chemical and photostability, lower toxicity, and easier conjugation to target biomolecules.…”

Microemulsions - A Brief Introduction

“…Among them is the delivering of genes into the cells (Gupta et al, 2004), with the aim of treatment of disease or diagnosis (Pedersen et al, 2006, Peng et al, 2006, Xu et al, 2011, Rossi et al, 2006, Santra et al, 2005, targeting cancer cell (Tao et al, 2011, Lu et al, 2008, Reithofer et al, 2011, act as vaccine (Sun et al, 2009, Mumper & Cui, 2003, biocatalyss (Stamatis & Xenakis, 1999, Zoumpanioti et al, 2010, Blattner et al, 2006, cosmetics (Chiu & Yang, 1992, Förster et al, 1995, Valenta & Schultz, 2004, Teichmann et al, 2007 or changing the genetic to improve the performance of the targeted cells , Courrier et al, 2004.…”