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ReviewJournal of nanobiotechnology2020

Role of capping agents in the application of nanoparticles in biomedicine and environmental remediation: recent trends and future prospects.

Rabia Javed, Muhammad Zia, Sania Naz, Samson O Aisida, Noor Ul Ain, Qiang Ao

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Review in Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 195 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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195citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

195 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Rabia JavedDepartment of Tissue Engineering, China Medical University, Shenyang, 110122, China. rabia.javed@ymail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3599-8144
Muhammad ZiaDepartment of Biotechnology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Sania NazDepartment of Biotechnology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Samson O AisidaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 410001, Nigeria.
Noor Ul AinDepartment of Biotechnology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Qiang AoDepartment of Tissue Engineering, China Medical University, Shenyang, 110122, China.

Funding

National Key R&D Program of China 2017YFA0105802Natural Science Foundation of China 81771351
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Capping agents are of utmost importance as stabilizers that inhibit the over-growth of nanoparticles and prevent their aggregation/coagulation in colloidal synthesis. The capping ligands stabilize the interface where nanoparticles interact with their medium of preparation. Specific structural features of nanoparticles are attributed to capping on their surface. These stabilizing agents play a key role in altering the biological activities and environmental perspective. Stearic effects of capping agents adsorbed on the surface of nanoparticles are responsible for such changing physico-chemical and biological characteristics. Firstly, this novel review article introduces few frequently used capping agents in the fabrication of nanoparticles. Next, recent advancements in biomedicine and environmental remediation approaches of capped nanoparticles have been elaborated. Lastly, future directions of the huge impact of capping agents on the biological environment have been summarized.

Indexed as

Environmental Restoration and RemediationNanoparticlesAnti-Infective AgentsAntineoplastic AgentsAntioxidantsHumansNanotechnologyAnti-Infective AgentsAntineoplastic AgentsAntioxidantsBiomedicineCapping agentsEnvironmentNanoparticlesNanotechnology

Identifiers

PMID33225973
PMCPMC7682049

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