Passive targeting of large nanoparticles by the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR)
effect is a crucial concept for solid tumor targeting in cancer nanomedicine. There is, however…

Rationale: A rapid and massive influx of inflammatory cells occurs into ischemic area after
myocardial infarction (MI), resulting in local release of cytokines and growth factors. Yet, the …

Exosomes known as nano-sized extracellular vesicles attracted recent interests due to their
potential usefulness in drug delivery. Amid remarkable advances in biomedical applications …

An imaging system that can be used to evaluate the expression levels of microRNAs during
neuronal development can provide noninvasive information for investigating a variety of …

A novel photocatalyst, PbBi 2 Nb 2 O 9 has been discovered that shows high activities for
degradation of organic pollutants, generation of photocurrent, and water decomposition into O …

Motivation: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are spherical bilayered proteolipids, harboring
various bioactive molecules. Due to the complexity of the vesicular nomenclatures and …

Selective hydrogenation of biomass derived levulinic acid (LA) to γ-valerolactone (GVL) has
been efficiently catalyzed by Ru, Pt and Pd noble metal supported on carbon under vapor …

Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanoparticles with outstanding optoelectronic
properties. More specifically, QDs are highly bright and exhibit wide absorption spectra, narrow …

Heterogeneous graphene oxide (GO)-based catalysts with sulfonic acid (SO3H) functional
groups (GO–SO3H) were used for the selective decomposition of the hexose sugars, glucose …

In recent years the threat posed by a shortage of fossil resources has stimulated the search
for alternative sources, for the sustainable production fuels and chemicals.[1, 2] Biomass, …