Optimization of ultrasound heating with Pickering droplets using core-shell scattering theory.

ABSTRACT: Nanoparticles find widespread application in various medical contexts, including targeted nanomedicine and enhancing therapeutic efficacy. Moreover, they are employed to stabilize emulsions, giving rise to stabilized droplets known as Pickering droplets. Among the various methods to improve anti-cancer treatment, ultrasound hyperthermia stands out as an efficient approach. This research proposes Pickering droplets as promising sonosensitizer candidates, to enhance the attenuation of ultrasound with simultaneous potential to act as drug carriers. The enhanced ultrasound energy dissipation could be, therefore, optimized by changing the parameters of Pickering droplets. The ultrasound scattering theory, based on the core-shell model, was employed to calculate theoretical ultrasound properties

SUBMITTER: Jameel B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11339063 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature