Issue 7, 2012

The unique role of nanoparticles in nanomedicine: imaging, drug delivery and therapy

Abstract

This critical review will present the role of nanoparticles (NPs) in the directions that are vital to the new field of nanomedicine, including imaging and drug delivery. We reflect on the physical properties that make NPs advantageous for in vivo efficacy, and review recent advances in major NP based biomedical applications. Critical questions of transport, uptake, and clearance will be discussed and illustrated through the success and opportunities of NP imaging and therapy on a photodynamic therapy (PDT) based NP system that has been developed in our lab over the past decade (540 references).

Graphical abstract: The unique role of nanoparticles in nanomedicine: imaging, drug delivery and therapy

  • This article is part of the themed collection: Nanomedicine

Article information

Article type
Critical Review
Submitted
21 Sep 2011
First published
27 Jan 2012

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012,41, 2885-2911

The unique role of nanoparticles in nanomedicine: imaging, drug delivery and therapy

T. L. Doane and C. Burda, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 2885 DOI: 10.1039/C2CS15260F

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements