title: Smart Polymeric Nanoparticles as Emerging Tools for Imaging--The Parallel Evolution of Materials.
abstract: The field of imaging has developed considerably over the past decade and recent advances in the area of nanotechnology, in particular nanomaterials, have opened new opportunities. Polymeric nanoparticles are particularly interesting and a number of novel materials, characterized by stimuli-responsive characteristics and fluorescent tagging, have allowed visualization, intracellular labeling and real-time tracking. In some of the latest applications the nanoparticles have been used for imagining of tumor cells, both in vivo and ex vivo.
authors.affiliation: Queen Mary University of London, Department of Chemistry, SBCS, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK.
authors.forename: Sofia A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Papadimitriou
authors.affiliation: Queen Mary University of London, Department of Chemistry, SBCS, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK.
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Salinas
authors.affiliation: Queen Mary University of London, Department of Chemistry, SBCS, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK. m.resmini@qmul.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8109-5352
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Resmini
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers
keywords: cancer imaging; materials; nanoparticles; polymers; responsive