Table 1.

Biomedical nanoparticles developed from a wide variety of materials recently reported for theranostic applications. Nanoparticles with multiple functionalities are listed multiple times.

		Noble metals	Other metals	Metal oxides	Semiconductors	Silica	Carbon	Polymers / Liposomes	Proteins	Other materials
Imaging	MRI	[40, 55, 157]	[26, 28, 40, 88, 133, 158-161]	[6-12, 26, 28, 40, 118, 121, 123, 133, 158-160, 162-168]	[39-40]	[55]	[40]	[126, 165]		[82, 169-170]
	PET/SPECT	[16-17, 25, 29-30, 40, 101-102, 142, 171]	[24, 26, 28, 40, 158-159, 172-174]	[24, 26, 28, 40, 158-159, 162, 172-175]	[18, 40]	[20, 27, 34-35]	[40, 109, 136]	[21, 23, 99, 102, 106, 134-135]	[32, 176]	[22, 33, 131-132, 135, 145, 169]
	CT	[17, 30, 62, 65, 137-139, 142, 171]		[80, 118-120]	[18]	[20, 27, 35]		[62, 80, 138]		[135, 143, 145]
	Optical	[36, 49-50, 52, 55-60, 146, 177]	[36, 108, 117]	[36, 78, 116]	[19, 39]	[34-35, 49-50, 52, 55-60, 156, 177]	[109]	[38, 43, 78, 105, 107, 126-127, 129, 146, 178]	[116, 176]	[145, 169]
	Photo-acoustic	[62-67]	[79, 88]	[78, 80, 90-91, 93]	[72-73, 83-85]	[92]	[87, 151]	[43, 62, 67-69, 71-73, 75, 78-80, 83-85, 93, 106]	[76]	[74, 77, 81-82, 86, 145]
	Ultrasound			[78, 165]				[78, 126-127, 165]
	Cerenkov	[30, 101-102, 104, 171]	[24]	[24, 98, 103, 162, 175]	[18-19]	[100]		[99, 102, 135]	[98]	[145, 179-180]
Therapy	Drug delivery	[66]		[166]		[92]	[136]	[105-106, 125, 127]
	Gene/siRNA delivery	[146]	[108]				[109]	[99, 105, 107, 146, 178]
	Immuno-therapy	[101]		[12]			[130]	[129-130]	[181]
	PTT/PDT	[16, 63, 65, 67, 110-113, 146, 157]	[88, 117, 174]	[78, 80, 98, 116, 174]	[73, 83-84]	[100]		[67, 73, 75, 78, 80, 83-84, 129, 146]	[76, 98, 116]	[82, 86, 143]
	Radio-therapy	[137-142]	[133]	[116, 118, 133]				[135, 138]	[116]	[143]
	Externally actuated	[114-115]		[118-121, 123]