POLYMERIC CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES FOR THERAPEUTICS

TiO2@C core-shell nanoparticles formed by polymeric nano-encapsulation

TiO2 semiconducting nanoparticles are known to be photocatalysts of moderate activity due to their high band-gap and high rate of electron-hole recombination. The formation of a shell of carbon around the core of TiO2, i.e., the formation of TiO2@C nanoparticles, is believed to partly alleviate these problems. It is usually achieved by a hydrothermal treatment in a presence of a sugar derivativ...

Core/Shell structured nanoparticles for imaging and therapy

Introduction: Nanoparticles have several exciting applications in various fields of biomedicine. It has been found that among different classes of nanoparticles core/shell is most promising for field of nano-medical imaging and therapy due to their distinct advantages. The core/shell type nanoparticles can be generally comprising of two nanoparticles one act as a core (inner ma...

Core-Shell Silver/Polymeric Nanoparticles-Based Combinatorial Therapy against Breast Cancer In-vitro

The current study aimed at preparing AgNPs and three different core-shell silver/polymeric NPs composed of Ag core and three different polymeric shells: polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyethylene glycol (PEG) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). Thereafter, the core/shell NPs were loaded with a chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin (DOX). Finally, the cytotoxic effects of the different core-shell Ag/polymer...

Core/shell magnetism in NiO nanoparticles

Multicolor Core/Shell-Structured Upconversion Fluorescent Nanoparticles

Near-infrared (NIR)-to-Visible upconversion fluorescent nanoparticles emit visible light upon NIR-light excitation, and are well suited for bioimaging, compared to the commonly used downconversionfluorescentmaterials.Thesenanoparticleshave advantages such as minimum photodamage to living organisms, weak background fluorescence, high detection sensitivity, and high light-penetration depth in tis...