Innovative nano-carriers in anticancer drug delivery-a comprehensive review

Expanding the tunability and applicability of exchange-coupled/decoupled magnetic nanocomposites

“…For instance, MNPs have been a great aid in medical diagnosis and treatment of diseases. 2 Among other cutting-edge medical applications, MNPs are integral components of drug carriers for magnetic drug delivery, 3,4 heat mediators in cancer therapy by magnetic fluid hyperthermia (MFH), 5 or contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). 6 MNPs are also highly relevant in matter of sensors and biosensors aimed to diverse analytes, 7 e.g., food contaminants, 8,9 environmental pollutants, 10 antibodies, 11 etc.…”

Coating and Functionalization Strategies for Nanogels and Nanoparticles for Selective Drug Delivery

“…In the literature, the targeted drug delivery strategies are commonly divided into two types: passive targeting and active targeting [16,17]. Passive targeting exploits the so-called enhanced permeability and retention effect, and so its efficacy it is based on the accumulation of the nanoparticles in specific tissues: it is clear how the success of this technique is based on the circulation time.…”

“…Proteins are another class of molecules that can be used in order to realize nanoparticle coatings [17]. There are several types of these compounds in nature, and some of them are very interesting in targeted drug delivery.…”

“…Generally, this type of coating is realized with a methodology similar to the one previously explained. The great advantage of this molecule is the possibility of overcoming the opsonization problems typical of drug delivery systems due to its physiological peculiarity in blood circulation [17,100]. Figure 4 presents an example of the synthesis of a specific type of protein-coated nanoparticle.…”

Non-Covalent Interactions of N-(4-CarboxyPhenyl)Phthalimide with CNTs

“…Covalent and non-covalent hybridizations of nanostructures have been done by other bioorganic, organic and inorganic counterparts to explore the effects on the properties of both hybridized sides [12][13][14][15]. One of the important roles of nanostructures is their expected applications in therapeutics, in which drug delivery purposes are among the most favorable ones [16][17][18][19][20]. To this aim, the properties of nanostructures should be carefully characterized prior to assigning them for the application in living systems [21].…”