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View article: Antifungal Effect of Poly(methyl methacrylate) with Farnesol and Undecylenic Acid against Candida albicans Biofilm Formation
Antifungal Effect of Poly(methyl methacrylate) with Farnesol and Undecylenic Acid against Candida albicans Biofilm Formation Open
The control of Candida albicans biofilm formation on dentures made of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is an important challenge due to the high resistance to antifungal drugs. Interestingly, the natural compounds undecylenic acid (UDA) an…
View article: Local Temperature Increments and Induced Cell Death in Intracellular Magnetic Hyperthermia
Local Temperature Increments and Induced Cell Death in Intracellular Magnetic Hyperthermia Open
The generation of temperature gradients on nanoparticles heated externally by a magnetic field is crucially important in magnetic hyperthermia therapy. But the intrinsic low heating power of magnetic nanoparticles, at the conditions allowe…
View article: Surface modification of poly(methyl-methacrylate) with farnesol to prevent Candida biofilm formation
Surface modification of poly(methyl-methacrylate) with farnesol to prevent Candida biofilm formation Open
Candida albicans promotes biofilm formation on dentures, which compromises the use of poly(methyl-methacrylate) (PMMA) as a dental material. Farnesol (FAR), a natural compound that prevents C. albicans filamentation and biofilm formation, …
View article: Magnetic hyperthermia with e-Fe2O3 nanoparticles
Magnetic hyperthermia with e-Fe2O3 nanoparticles Open
These data correspond to the figures in the paper: Gu Y. et al. RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 28786–28797. doi:10.1039/d0ra04361c.
View article: Magnetic hyperthermia with e-Fe2O3 nanoparticles
Magnetic hyperthermia with e-Fe2O3 nanoparticles Open
These data correspond to the figures in the paper: Gu Y. et al. RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 28786–28797. doi:10.1039/d0ra04361c.
View article: Magnetic hyperthermia with ε-Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> nanoparticles
Magnetic hyperthermia with ε-Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> nanoparticles Open
ε-Fe2O3 is a magnetic iron(iii) oxide with a giant coercivity. Its potential in hyperthermia applications has been evaluated in comparison with γ-Fe2O3 over a wide range of field frequencies and amplitudes.
View article: Hexosomes with Undecylenic Acid Efficient against Candida albicans
Hexosomes with Undecylenic Acid Efficient against Candida albicans Open
Due to the growing issues with fungal infections, especially with Candida, there is still a need to develop novel anti-Candida materials. One of the known antifungal agents is undecylenic acid (UA), which still cannot be efficiently used d…
View article: Fungicidal PMMA-Undecylenic Acid Composites
Fungicidal PMMA-Undecylenic Acid Composites Open
Undecylenic acid (UA), known as antifungal agent, still cannot be used to efficiently modify commercial dental materials in such a way that this affects Candida. Actually, issues with Candida infections and fungal resistance compromise the…
View article: Neglected nano-effects of nanoparticles in the interpretation of their toxicity
Neglected nano-effects of nanoparticles in the interpretation of their toxicity Open
Considering the traditional mass, concentration, or surface area of nanoparticles can affect the conclusions drawn from cell viability tests about the toxicity of nanoparticles.
View article: Tuning Properties of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Aqueous Synthesis without Ligands to Improve MRI Relaxivity and SAR
Tuning Properties of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Aqueous Synthesis without Ligands to Improve MRI Relaxivity and SAR Open
Aqueous synthesis without ligands of iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) with exceptional properties still remains an open issue, because of the challenge to control simultaneously numerous properties of the IONPs in these rigorous settings. …
View article: Versatility of Pyridoxal Phosphate as a Coating of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
Versatility of Pyridoxal Phosphate as a Coating of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Open
Pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP) is the most important cofactor of vitamin B6-dependent enzymes, which catalyses a wide range of essential body functions (e.g., metabolism) that could be exploited to specifically target highly metabolic cells,…
View article: Protein Corona: Impact of Lymph Versus Blood in a Complex In Vitro Environment
Protein Corona: Impact of Lymph Versus Blood in a Complex In Vitro Environment Open
In biological environments, the surface of nanoparticles (NPs) are modified by protein corona (PC) that determines their biological behavior. Unfortunately, in vitro tests still give different PC than in vivo tests causing in vitro–in vivo…
View article: Assessment of nanoparticles’ safety: corrected absorbance-based toxicity test
Assessment of nanoparticles’ safety: corrected absorbance-based toxicity test Open
A method to correct absorbance-based toxicity tests of nanoparticles by removing the absorbance contribution of nanoparticles to that test.
View article: Folic acid on iron oxide nanoparticles: platform with high potential for simultaneous targeting, MRI detection and hyperthermia treatment of lymph node metastases of prostate cancer
Folic acid on iron oxide nanoparticles: platform with high potential for simultaneous targeting, MRI detection and hyperthermia treatment of lymph node metastases of prostate cancer Open
Folic acid directly bound to the surface of iron oxide nanoparticles with simultaneously high targeting, MRI relaxivity and heating efficacy.
View article: Chelating agents as coating molecules for iron oxide nanoparticles
Chelating agents as coating molecules for iron oxide nanoparticles Open
Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with chelating agents with different numbers of –COOH dentates (2 to 5) behave differently.
View article: Methods of protein corona isolation for magnetic nanoparticles
Methods of protein corona isolation for magnetic nanoparticles Open
Isolation of a protein corona (PC) around iron oxide NPs, which are ferrimagnetic or superparamagnetic.
View article: ATP and NADPH coated iron oxide nanoparticles for targeting of highly metabolic tumor cells
ATP and NADPH coated iron oxide nanoparticles for targeting of highly metabolic tumor cells Open
ATP/NADPH directly bound to the surface of iron oxide nanoparticles for simultaneous coating, targeting and high MRIr2relaxivity.
View article: Iron oxide nanoparticles for diagnosis and therapy of lymph node metastases
Iron oxide nanoparticles for diagnosis and therapy of lymph node metastases Open
This thesis presents the synthesis, coating and characterization of iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) with properties especially designed for the ultimate simultaneous MRI detection and hyperthermia treatment of lymph node metastases, a com…
View article: Controlling structural and magnetic properties of IONPs by aqueous synthesis for improved hyperthermia
Controlling structural and magnetic properties of IONPs by aqueous synthesis for improved hyperthermia Open
Introducing a hydrothermal step after coprecipitation leads to iron oxide nanoparticles with higher vacancy ordering, saturation magnetization and specific absorption rate.
View article: Imaging interactions of iron oxide nanoparticles with organic ligands and the biological environment
Imaging interactions of iron oxide nanoparticles with organic ligands and the biological environment Open
Applications of nanoparticles for chemistry, biochemistry and biomedicine require a detailed understanding of the nature of the nanoparticles and of their surface interactions with both functionalizing organic groups and biological environ…