Inorganic Nanoparticles for Bioimaging Applications

Nanomaterials for biomedical applications are a more welcoming and positively developing field of research. Based on the material aspects, nanoparticles can be differentiated into organic, inorganic, and polymeric for biomedical applications. Of the various biomedical applications research, nanomaterials designed for bioimaging need more understanding on physics, material science, and biological concepts. Noteworthy, organic fluorescence dyes are widely in use for therapy and bioimaging applications due to its higher quantum efficiency. However during imaging, due to its photobleaching at shorter time of exposure, opens the research possibilities of inorganic nanoparticles with low toxicity and stable used as a sensitive probe for the bioimaging applications. In this chapter we discuss on some of the inorganic nanoparticles such as iron oxide, gold, mesoporous, and quantum dots for bioimaging applications.