Author(s): Bondon N; Mandl GA; Mena-Giraldo P; Ferron Z; Sadeghipour N; DeWolf C; Capobianco JA;

We report the synthesis of supported lipid bilayer (SLB)-coated radioluminescent nanoparticles (RLNPs) possessing a lanthanide-based core for low-dose X-ray activated photodynamic therapy (XPDT). Methylene blue (MB) photosensitizer molecules, incorporated within the SLB, are excited by energy transfer from europium, leading to an enhanced generation of ...

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Author(s): Mena-Giraldo P; Mandl GA; Quezada-Novoa V; Garcia-Henao C; Bondon N; Hazlett MJ; Capobianco JA;

Micromotors are an attractive cutting-edge technology that exhibit controllable motion in response to chemical reactions or external stimuli. These nature-inspired materials are widely explored for use in environmental remediation, and drug delivery, other emerging applications. Until now, the ...

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Author(s): Mena-Giraldo P; Kaur M; Maurizio SL; Mandl GA; Capobianco JA;

External stimuli can trigger changes in temperature, concentration, and momentum between micromotors and the medium, causing their propulsion and enabling them to perform different tasks with improved kinetic efficiencies. Light-activated micromotors are attractive systems that achieve improved motion and have the potential for high spatiotemporal contr ...

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Author(s): Londoño-Berrío M; Pérez-Buitrago S; Ortiz-Trujillo IC; Hoyos-Palacio LM; Orozco LY; López L; Zárate-Triviño DG; Capobianco JA; Mena-Giraldo P;

Drug nanoencapsulation increases the availability, pharmacokinetics, and concentration efficiency for therapeutic regimes. Azobenzene light-responsive molecules experience a hydrophobicity change from a polar to an apolar tendency by trans-cis photoisomerization upon UV irradiation. Polymeric p ...

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