Recent Advances in Laser-Ablative Synthesis of Bare Au and Si Nanoparticles and Assessment of Their Prospects for Tissue Engineering Applications.

Abstract

Driven by surface cleanness and unique physical, optical and chemical properties, bare (ligand-free) laser-synthesized nanoparticles (NPs) are now in the focus of interest as promising materials for the development of advanced biomedical platforms related to biosensing, bioimaging and therapeutic drug delivery. We recently achieved significant progress in the synthesis of bare gold (Au) and silicon (Si) NPs and their testing in biomedical tasks, including cancer imaging and therapy, biofuel cells, etc. We also showed that these nanomaterials can be excellent candidates for tissue engineering applications. This review is aimed at the description of our recent progress in laser synthesis of bare Si and Au NPs and their testing as functional modules (additives) in innovative scaffold platforms intended for tissue engineering tasks.

• Authors: Ahmed Al-Kattan, Viraj P Nirwan, Anton Popov, Yury V Ryabchikov, Gleb Tselikov, Marc Sentis, Amir Fahmi, Andrei V Kabashin
• Journal: International journal of molecular sciences (Int J Mol Sci) Vol. 19 Issue 6 (May 24 2018) ISSN: 1422-0067 [Electronic] Switzerland
• PMID: 29794976 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Silver
• Gold

Topics

• Animals
• Gold (chemistry)
• Humans
• Lasers
• Metal Nanoparticles (chemistry)
• Silver (chemistry)
• Tissue Engineering (methods)
• Tissue Scaffolds (chemistry)