With the wide application of soft tissue fillers, implant material-induced inflammatory reactions have become a key factor affecting the therapeutic efficacy. This study developed an injectable filler with enhanced an...
Optical microcavities and metallic nanostructures have been shown to significantly modulate the dynamics and spectroscopic response of molecular systems. We present a study of the nonlinear optics of a model consistin...
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Studies on the influence of one critical parameter (e.g., size), targeting a specific disease, while keeping other factors unchanged, are important for improving understanding and application of the molecular design...
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Studies on the influence of one critical parameter (e.g., size), targeting a specific disease, while keeping other factors unchanged, are important for improving understanding and application of the molecular design of biomedical nanomaterials. In this study, we used doxorubicin (Dox)-conjugated gold nanoparticles (GNPs) to investigate the effects of the size of the gold core (10, 20, or 60 nm) on the performance of their conjugates. We found that all three conjugates differed slightly in their physicochemical properties, facilitating a direct and accurate assessment of the size effects of GNP-Dox conjugates on their in vitro and in vivo performance. The cytological properties (the cell penetration rate and efficiency, as well as the cytotoxicity) and antitumor performance (the intratumoral penetration, treatment efficacy, and biodistribution) were highly correlated to the size of the inorganic core. Among all test groups, although the conjugate with a 60-nm gold core had the highest drug loading and release efficiency, the conjugate with a 10-nm gold core displayed the best antitumor efficacy toward the liver cancer models. This was because it showed the deepest tumor permeability and the highest tumor cell-killing ability of Dox transported by the relatively small GNPs. This study provides important evidence for better understanding the effect of size on in vitro and in vivo properties of potential therapeutic nanosystems and their structure design.
Confining sound is of significant importance for the manipulation and routing acoustic waves. We propose a Helmholtz resonator (HR) based subwavelength sound channel formed at the interface of two metamaterials, for t...
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Alloying is a powerful tool for tuning materials that facilitates the targeted design of desirable properties for a variety of applications. In this work, we provide a comprehensive investigation of the synthetic acce...
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This paper presents a study of microstructure formation in bioresorbable Fe-Mn-Si alloys for temporary implants under high-pressure torsion (HPT) at room temperature and at 300 °C. The effect of silicon on the me...
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1. Introduction Cancer continues to be a major cause of global mortality rates, with conventional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy exhibiting inconsistent efficacy, high costs, and considerable side ef...
1. Introduction Cancer continues to be a major cause of global mortality rates, with conventional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy exhibiting inconsistent efficacy, high costs, and considerable side effects. Over the past decade, a promising alternative has emerged: cancer immunotherapy, which leverages the body's immune system to identify and eradicate cancer cells [1].
In this work, an individual nanowire of zinc oxide (ZnO-NW), decorated with gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs/ZnO-NW), was integrated in a nanophotodetector using a dual beam focused electron/ion beam (FIB/SEM) system. Au-NP...
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