Issue 10, 2013

Individual inorganic nanoparticles: preparation, functionalization and in vitro biomedical diagnostic applications

Abstract

Inorganic nanoparticles have become the focus of modern materials science due to their potential technological importance, particularly in bionanotechnology, which stems from their unique physical properties including size-dependent optical, magnetic, electronic, and catalytic properties. The present article provides an overview on the currently used individual inorganic nanoparticles for in vitro biomedical domains. These inorganic nanoparticles include iron oxides, gold, silver, silica, quantum dots (QDs) and second harmonic generation (SHG) particles. For each of these interesting nanoparticles, the main issues starting from preparation up to bio-related applications are presented.

Graphical abstract: Individual inorganic nanoparticles: preparation, functionalization and in vitro biomedical diagnostic applications

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
23 Oct 2012
Accepted
20 Dec 2012
First published
21 Dec 2012

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013,1, 1381-1396

Individual inorganic nanoparticles: preparation, functionalization and in vitro biomedical diagnostic applications

R. Ladj, A. Bitar, M. Eissa, Y. Mugnier, R. Le Dantec, H. Fessi and A. Elaissari, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013, 1, 1381 DOI: 10.1039/C2TB00301E

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