ReviewBiosensors2020
Biomedical Applications of Liquid Metal Nanoparticles: A Critical Review.
Review in Biosensors, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
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Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ga(III) ion release from gallium-based liquid metals: The trade-off between efficacy and safety.iScience · 2026Review
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- Mechanically adaptive materials with tunable stiffness for biomedical devices: Mechanisms, applications, and perspectives.Materials today. Bio · 2026Review
- Recent Advances in SERS-Based Detection of Organophosphorus Pesticides in Food: A Critical and Comprehensive Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Stimuli-responsive smart materials enabled high-performance biosensors for liquid biopsies.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2025Review
- Meter-scale heterostructure printing for high-toughness fiber electrodes in intelligent digital apparel.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Liquid Metal Gallium Pharmaceuticals.Theranostics · 2025Review
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- Nanogallium-poly(L-lactide) Composites with Contact Antibacterial Action.Pharmaceutics · 2024Article
- Structural and Thermomagnetic Properties of Gallium Nanoferrites and Their Influence on Cells In Vitro.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Activated Metals to Generate Heat for Biomedical Applications.ACS materials letters · 2023Article
- Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Materials for Antimicrobial Applications.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Controlled Synthesis of Platinum and Silver Nanoparticles Using Multivalent Ligands.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Engineering Polymers via Understanding the Effect of Anchoring Groups for Highly Stable Liquid Metal Nanoparticles.ACS applied nano materials · 2022Review
- Liquid Metal Based Nano-Composites for Printable Stretchable Electronics.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Effect of Surrounding Solvents on Interfacial Behavior of Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Droplets.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Polymer-based nanoparticles: fabrication to applications-the many faces of DC8,9PC and albumin.Biophysical reviews · 2021Review
- Mini/Micro/Nano Scale Liquid Metal Motors.Micromachines · 2021Review
- TAT-modified serum albumin nanoparticles for sustained-release of tetramethylpyrazine and improved targeting to spinal cord injury.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This review is focused on the basic properties, production, functionalization, cytotoxicity, and biomedical applications of liquid metal nanoparticles (LMNPs), with a focus on particles of the size ranging from tens to hundreds of nanometers. Applications, including cancer therapy, medical imaging, and pathogen treatment are discussed. LMNPs share similar properties to other metals, such as photothermal conversion ability and a propensity to form surface oxides. Compared to many other metals, especially mercury, the cytotoxicity of gallium is low and is considered by many reports to be safe when applied in vivo. Recent advances in exploring different grafting molecules are reported herein, as surface functionalization is essential to enhance photothermal therapeutic effects of LMNPs or to facilitate drug delivery. This review also outlines properties of LMNPs that can be exploited in making medical imaging contrast agents, ion channel regulators, and anti-pathogenic agents. Finally, a foresight is offered, exemplifying underexplored knowledge and highlighting the research challenges faced by LMNP science and technology in expanding into applications potentially yielding clinical advances.
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