Sentences with phrase «adding nanoparticles»

We're trying to aid this pathway by adding nanoparticles.»

Adding nanoparticles to batteries can speed up recharge time, some studies have shown.

«Adding nanoparticles increased the efficiency of bacterial killing more than 5,000-fold.»

Scientists see enormous growth potential in adding nanoparticles to stents, orthopedics, catheters, and even dental implants to speed the healing process.

But in a theoretical study published in ACS Photonics last December, Dionne and colleagues showed that adding nanoparticles to the mix could enhance the process.

The team then added the nanoparticle catalyst to solutions of different organosilanes to measure its ability to induce hydrogen production.

The Yale researchers plan to add the nanoparticles to the red blood cells to provide controlled delivery of the siRNA to the kidney's endothelial cells.

Not exact matches

The concern over nanoparticles, as with many other additives, points to a fundamental problem: Critics say ingredients aren't adequately tested for safety before they're added to processed foods.

Lin's lab has worked on the amphiphilic star - shaped block polymers for several years, adding new features and exploring new capabilities for the nanoparticle systems.

After adding the patient's blood sample to a solution of these nanoparticles, the paper strip is dipped into the solution.

Once the nanoparticles are added and light applied, the water separates into hydrogen and oxygen almost immediately, producing twice as much hydrogen as oxygen, as expected from the 2:1 hydrogen to oxygen ratio in H2O water molecules, Bao said.

In surface - enhanced Raman spectroscopy, nanoparticles are added to boost the signal.

«We added lower concentrations [of silver] to a more complex system, but rather than find no measurable effect, we found that the silver nanoparticles significantly altered the plant growth, microbial biomass and microbial activity.»

So he and colleagues added a thin silica coating to the outside of the melanin nanoparticles.

That leaves oil producers forced to choose between a higher nanoparticle concentration — adding to the cost — or mixing with polymers or surfactants.

The carbon nanotubes added flexibility and durability while the silver nanoparticles added a way to measure small changes in strain on the whiskers.

«Metal nanoparticles with ligands are already printed to form electronics today,» explains the physical chemist Kraus, adding that the shells mostly had to be removed by a sintering process because, while on the one hand they control the arrangement of the nanoparticles, on the other hand, they are not conductive.

But after incubating their nanoparticles with blood serum and then adding a mix of PLA2 molecules, the researchers found that the toxins pushed the other proteins out of the way, binding more tightly to the nanoparticles than anything else, they report this month in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

They share immiscible ingredients, but because they are bonded to each other, they create phase arrangements on a nanometric level, and allow the adding of nanoparticles that have an affinity with one phase or another,» explains Etxeberria.

«Through nanocharges it is possible to add other properties to the intrinsic properties of the basic materials: nanoparticles, nanoclays, fibres, etc..

By adding semiconducting nanoparticles to polymers, the Materials + Technologies Research Group (GMT) of the Polytechnical College of San Sebastian of the UPV / EHU - University of the Basque Country has created nanostructured composite materials with specific optical and electrical properties that vary according to size.

The research team found that by adding tin to the nanoparticle's germanium core, its lattice structure better matched the lattice structure of the cadmium - sulfide coating which allows the particles to absorb more light.

After bouncing off the surface, they obtain a strong, final momentum kick from the near - field, which frees them from the nanoparticles,» Prof. Matthias Kling added.

For the past two decades, scientists have been developing nanoparticles made from a broad range of materials and adding compounds such as cholesterol to help carry these therapeutic agents into cells.

«Nanoparticles or drugs to be tested are carefully added to the typically static fluids and cells, and then there is a waiting period in static conditions before the interaction and the effects can be studied for instance under the microscope,» she adds.

«The crystallinity of the nanoparticles we are able to create is the key to a lot of applications,» he added.

Tracer or sensor particles added to fracturing fluids help solve that problem, but there's plenty of room for optimization, especially in minimizing the volume of nanoparticles used now, he said.

In a new twist on the use of DNA in nanoscale construction, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators put synthetic strands of the biological material to work in two ways: They used ropelike configurations of the DNA double helix to form a rigid geometrical framework, and added dangling pieces of single - stranded DNA to glue nanoparticles in place.

«These are nanoparticles that we deliberately add to each sample.

Professor Burkhard added: «The protein nanoparticles show great promise as future vaccine carriers and our malaria vaccine will be tested in a clinical setting within the next year.

He describes that it works by coating each nanoparticle, not with single DNA strands, but with a DNA hairpin that can be opened or closed by adding additional short DNA strands to the solution, thus changing the configuration of other nanoparticles with which it will bind.

«Even to build such structures one - by - one would be challenging,» Liu added, «and we needed to do so by self - assembly because there is no way to manipulate billions of nanoparticles one — by — one.»

«We then add a magnetic field to arrange the nanoparticle chains and provide directionality,» said Bhuvnesh Bharti, research assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at NC State and first author of the paper.

«Our work overcomes the hurdles associated with traditional DEP experiments by reducing the operating voltage to ultralow limits, which helps trap nanoparticles and biomolecules,» adds Oh.

The scientists added a protective layer to the nanoparticles, designed to stop the medicine inside from being released into the body prematurely.

The teen worked to add titanium dioxide and silver nanoparticles to cellulose paper.

After 24 hours, 100 μL volumes of dilutions of nanoparticles in water spanning from 1 nM to 0.01 nM were added to the seeded wells (final concentrations spanning 5 pM to 500 pM).

Solutions of these thiolate salts were then directly added to solutions of silver nanoparticles to prepare the carbohydrate functionalized particles.

Nanoparticles are added to your underwear, in your skin - care products, and even featured at the 2018 Olympics.