Table 4.

Summary of metal sulfide nanoparticle and their biomedical applications.

Sr. no.	Type of metal sulfide	Particle size (nm)	Applications	References
1	Ag2S spherical nanoparticles	25	Antimicrobial activities	Ayodhya and Veerabhadram, 2016
2	CuS nanoparticles	11	Diagnostics applications through photoacoustic tomography	Ku et al., 2012
3	Au/CuS core/shell nanoparticles	5	Cancer treatment	Lakshmanan et al., 2012
4	Ag2S quantum dots	18	Analysis, therapy, and real-time bioimaging for modified treatment of tumor cells	Hu et al., 2015
5	Au/CuS core/shell nanoparticles	5	Antimicrobial activities	Addae et al., 2014
6	Ag2S nanoparticles	40	Photothermal transducing mediators for treatment of cancer	Ma et al., 2016
7	Fe3S4/Ag composite particles	–	Antimicrobial activities	He et al., 2014
8	Fe3S4 nanoparticles/citrate	32	Photothermal activities	Simeonidis et al., 2016
9	Ag2S spherical nanoparticles	30	Antimicrobial activities	Kumari et al., 2014
10	Flower-shaped CuS nanoparticles	50	Photothermal mediator for the ablation of cancerous cells	Tian et al., 2011
11	Ag2S quantum dots	5.4	In vivo imaging for fast tumor cell detection.	Hong et al., 2012
12	Thioglycolic acid–CuS nanoparticles	3	Photothermal therapy	Li Y. et al., 2010
13	Ag2S quantum dots chitosan nanosphere-based S-nitrosothiol	117	Cell fluorescence bioimaging for medical applications	Tan et al., 2013
14	ZnS nanoparticles	100	Antifungal activities	Suyana et al., 2014
15	CuS-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite	400	Detection of hydrogen peroxide unconfined from living cells	Bai and Jiang, 2013
16	Fe3S4 magnetic nanoparticles	76	Glucose detection	Ding et al., 2016
17	ZnS nanoparticles	162	Antimicrobial activities	Li G. et al., 2010
18	Single-layer MoS2 nanoparticles	800	Chemotherapy for cancerous cells	Chou et al., 2013
19	ZnS nanoparticles	65	Antimicrobial activities	Malarkodi et al., 2014
20	Dendrimer-Bi2S3 nanoparticles	5	Bioimaging	Fang et al., 2013