Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: May 16, 2025
Abstract
The
rapidly
advancing
field
of
theranostics
aims
to
integrate
therapeutic
and
diagnostic
functionalities
into
a
single
platform
for
precision
medicine,
enabling
the
simultaneous
treatment
monitoring
diseases.
Photo‐energy
conversion‐based
nanomaterials
have
emerged
as
versatile
that
utilizes
unique
properties
light
activate
with
high
spatial
temporal
precision.
This
review
provides
comprehensive
overview
recent
developments
in
photo‐energy
conversion
using
nanomaterials,
highlighting
their
applications
disease
theranostics.
discussion
begins
by
exploring
fundamental
principles
including
types
materials
used
various
light‐triggered
mechanisms,
such
photoluminescence,
photothermal,
photoelectric,
photoacoustic,
photo‐triggered
SERS,
photodynamic
processes.
Following
this,
delves
broad
spectrum
emphasizing
role
diagnosis
major
diseases,
cancer,
neurodegenerative
disorders,
retinal
degeneration,
osteoarthritis.
Finally,
challenges
opportunities
technologies
are
discussed,
aiming
advance
personalized
medicine.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
52(12), P. 3955 - 3972
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
This
review
highlights
recent
advances
in
the
utilization
of
various
endogenous
and
exogenous
stimuli
to
activate
nanocarrier-based
ferroptosis
cancer
therapy
that
can
be
effective
treating
conventional
drug-resistant
tumors.
Bioactive Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
32, P. 66 - 97
Published: Sept. 29, 2023
Ferroptosis
offers
a
novel
method
for
overcoming
therapeutic
resistance
of
cancers
to
conventional
cancer
treatment
regimens.
Its
effective
use
as
therapy
requires
precisely
targeted
approach,
which
can
be
facilitated
by
using
nanoparticles
and
nanomedicine,
their
enhance
ferroptosis
is
indeed
growing
area
research.
While
few
review
papers
have
been
published
on
iron-dependent
mechanism
inducers
that
partly
covers
nanoparticles,
there
need
comprehensive
focusing
the
design
magnetic
typically
supply
iron
ions
promote
simultaneously
enable
nanomedicine.
Furthermore,
locally
induce
combinational
with
diagnostic
resonance
imaging
(MRI).
The
remotely
controllable
nanocarriers
offer
highly
localized
image-guided
Here,
recent
developments
in
magnetically
manipulable
nanomedicine
medical
are
summarized.
This
also
highlights
advantages
current
state-of-the-art
Finally,
image
guided
apoptosis-based
enables
synergistic
tumor
discussed
clinical
translations.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
36(27)
Published: March 29, 2024
Cancer
treatment
requires
precise
tumor-specific
targeting
at
specific
sites
that
allows
for
high-resolution
diagnostic
imaging
and
long-term
patient-tailorable
cancer
therapy;
while,
minimizing
side
effects
largely
arising
from
non-targetability.
This
can
be
realized
by
harnessing
exogenous
remote
stimuli,
such
as
tissue-penetrative
ultrasound,
magnetic
field,
light,
radiation,
enable
local
activation
therapy
in
deep
tumors.
A
myriad
of
nanomedicines
efficiently
activated
when
the
energy
stimuli
transformed
into
another
type
energy.
review
discusses
control
transformation
targetable,
efficient,
therapy.
Such
ultrasonic,
magnetic,
photonic,
radiative,
radioactive
mechanical,
thermal,
chemical,
radiative
to
a
variety
modalities.
The
current
article
describes
multimodal
where
serial
cascade
or
multiple
types
occur.
includes
not
only
hyperthermia,
radiation
but
also
emerging
thermoelectric,
pyroelectric,
piezoelectric
therapies
treatment.
It
illustrates
resonance,
fluorescence,
computed
tomography,
photoluminescence,
photoacoustic
imaging-guided
therapies.
highlights
afterglow
eliminate
autofluorescence
sustained
signal
emission
after
excitation.
Small,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
20(23)
Published: Jan. 8, 2024
Abstract
Foreign
body
reaction
(FBR)
is
a
prevalent
yet
often
overlooked
pathological
phenomenon,
particularly
within
the
field
of
biomedical
implantation.
The
presence
FBR
poses
heavy
burden
on
both
medical
and
socioeconomic
systems.
This
review
seeks
to
elucidate
protein
“fingerprint”
implant
materials,
which
generated
by
physiochemical
properties
materials
themselves.
In
this
review,
activity
macrophages,
formation
foreign
giant
cells
(FBGCs),
development
fibrosis
capsules
in
context
are
introduced.
Additionally,
relationship
between
various
elucidated
detail,
as
an
overview
existing
approaches
technologies
employed
alleviate
FBR.
Finally,
significance
components
(metallic
non‐metallic
materials),
surface
CHEMISTRY
(charge
wettability),
physical
characteristics
(topography,
roughness,
stiffness)
establishing
also
well
documented.
conclusion,
aims
emphasize
importance
provides
current
perspectives
developing
with
anti‐FBR
properties.
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 26, 2025
Abstract
Native
tissues
exhibit
hierarchical
structures
of
anisotropically
arranged
extracellular
matrix
that
dynamically
regulate
stem
cells
and
tissue
function.
However,
neither
multiscale
nano‐anisotropy
nor
dynamic
anisotropy
control
have
been
reported.
In
this
study,
spherical
or
rod‐shaped
gold
small‐nanomaterials
(at
integrin
receptor‐scale;
tens
nanometers)
are
coupled
to
the
surface
magnetic
large‐nanomaterials
focal
adhesion
complex‐scale;
hundreds
nanometers),
with
both
showing
constant
areas
at
each
respective
scale.
Each
nanocomposite
is
flexibly
conjugated
substrate
material
densities,
resulting
in
dual‐scale
liganded
nano‐anisotropies.
Increasing
aspect
ratio
nanomaterials
nanometer‐scale
dominantly
promotes
recruitment,
adhesion,
mechanotransduction,
differentiation
over
nanometer‐scale.
Such
scale‐specific
effects
on
cell
regulation
temporally
regulated
vitro
vivo
by
physically
raising
lowering
nanocomposites
respectively
inhibit
stimulate
curved
surfaces
modulating
membrane
bending.
unprecedented
“dynamic
ligand
anisotropy”
can
be
independently
engineered
regarding
scales,
anisotropies,
ligands
elucidate
cell‐material
interactions
allow
for
multimodal
enhance
tissue‐regenerative
therapy.
Coatings,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(1), P. 25 - 25
Published: Dec. 25, 2023
Adsorbed
molecules
can
modulate
the
behavior
of
magnesium
(Mg)
and
Mg
alloy
in
biomedical
applications.
The
interaction
regularity
mechanism
biomolecules
(such
as
amino
acids,
dipeptides,
tripeptide)
on
a
Mg(0001)
surface,
influence
dipole
correction,
effects
alloying
elements
electronic
structure
were
investigated
this
study
using
first-principles
calculations.
Specifically,
adsorption
energy
(Eads)
functional
groups
(-NH2,
-COOH
-CN3H4),
acids
(arginine
(Arg),
glycine
(Gly),
aspartic
acid
(Asp)),
dipeptides
(arginine–glycine
(Arg-Gly),
glycine–aspartic
(Gly-Asp),
arginine–aspartic
(Arg-Asp)),
arginine–glycine–aspartic
(RGD)
tripeptide
systematically
calculated.
Dipole
correction
slightly
enhanced
between
surfaces,
but
Eads
trend
remained
unchanged.
addition
improved
Mg-based
surfaces.
This
will
be
fundamental
importance
understanding
surfaces
provide
possibilities
for
surface
modification
design
materials.
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Sept. 29, 2024
Obesity
is
defined
as
chronic,
low-grade
inflammation
within
specific
tissues.
Given
the
escalating
prevalence
of
obesity
among
individuals
all
ages,
has
reached
epidemic
proportions,
posing
an
important
public
health
challenge.
Despite
significant
advancements
in
treating
obesity,
conventional
approaches
remain
largely
ineffective
or
involve
severe
side
effects,
thus
underscoring
pressing
need
to
explore
and
develop
treatment
approaches.
Targeted
local
immunomodulation
using
nanoparticles
(NPs)
can
influence
fat
production
utilization
processes.
Statins,
known
for
their
anti-inflammatory
properties,
show
potential
mitigating
obesity-related
inflammation.
A
localized
delivery
option
offers
several
advantages
over
oral
parenteral
methods.
Here,
we
developed
simvastatin
(Sim)
encapsulated
PLGA
NPs
(Sim-NP)
Sim
adipose
tissues
(ATs)
treat
obesity.
In
vitro
experiments
revealed
strong
effects
Sim-NPs,
which
resulted
enhanced
modulation
macrophage
(MΦ)
polarization
induction
AT
browning.
We
then
extended
our
investigation