By
making use of nanoparticle - based carriers, researchers at North Carolina State University are able to transport multiple drugs into cancerous cells optimally and precisely, in maneuvers that any field commander would be proud of.
Not exact matches
Magnetotactic bacteria can even sense the earth's magnetic field by
making use of magnetic
nanoparticles in their interior that act as an internal compass.
The
nanoparticles were 30 - nanometre - wide beads
of surgical cobalt - chromium alloy, a material
used in much larger pieces to
make surgical implants such as hip prostheses.
To demonstrate one potential
use of the
nanoparticles, the research team
used them as advanced catalysts for ammonia oxidation, which is a key step in the production
of nitric acid (a liquid acid that is
used in the production
of ammonium nitrate for fertilizers,
making plastics, and in the manufacturing
of dyes).
Rubner
used nanoparticles made of silica, the same material glass is
made of, to create a coating with a rough surface.
«We think the
use of the mRNA
nanoparticle provides an additional level
of safety by
making sure the enzyme is not present for too long a period
of time.»
To
use this motion - sensing technique in a practical device, Aksyuk and Roxworthy embedded the gold
nanoparticle in a microscopic - scale mechanical structure — a vibrating cantilever, sort
of a miniature diving board — that was a few micrometers long,
made of silicon nitride.
Previous cancer studies had shown that by injecting tumors with magnetic
nanoparticles made of iron oxide — «essentially rust, with well - tuned magnetic properties,» Anikeeva says — then exposing them to rapidly alternating magnetic fields, excited
nanoparticles can be
used to heat and destroy cancer tumors while leaving surrounding, healthy tissue intact.
An experiment that, by design, was not supposed to turn up anything
of note instead produced a «bewildering» surprise, according to the Stanford scientists who
made the discovery: a new way
of creating gold
nanoparticles and nanowires
using water droplets.
The researchers
made tungsten carbide
nanoparticles using a series
of steps including hydrothermal treatment, separation, reduction, carburization and more.
C2CNT
of Ashburn, Va., is
making carbon nanotubes; Carbicrete
of Montreal is producing carbon - negative concrete
using waste from steel production; Carbon Upcycling Technologies
of Calgary, Alberta, is
making enhanced graphic
nanoparticles and graphene derivatives; CERT
of Toronto is producing building blocks
of industrial chemicals; and Newlight Technologies
of Huntington Beach, Calif., is
making bioplastic.
At the state level, Wisconsin legislator Terese Berceau (D - Madison) has asked her state's departments
of Natural Resources, Health and Family Services, and Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to work with her to create a registry
of businesses that
make nanoparticles as a first step toward tracking their
use and potential health effects.
In 1996, he introduced the concept
of using nanoparticles as atoms and synthetic DNA — the blueprint
of life — as a chemically programmable bond to
make designer materials based upon the ability
of the particles to recognize one another through sequences immobilized on their surfaces.
Certain strains
of bacteria absorb iron to
make magnetic
nanoparticles that let them navigate
using the Earth's magnetic field.
Nanoparticles made with a shell
of silica (SiO2) and a core
of radiopaque tantalum oxide (TaOx) are
used to
make a tissue adhesive and visible to ultrasound, X-ray, and fluorescent imaging.
These kinds
of observations can not be easily
made under a microscope,
of course, but require instead an indirect, statistical approach: «
Using small - angle X-ray scattering at BESSY II, we were not only able to ascertain that the
nanoparticles are all around five nanometres in diameter, but also measure what the separations between them are.
Engineering a particle that is 10 million times smaller than the size
of a football is not easy: although
nanoparticles like these have been made elsewhere in the past using different methods, they lack the level of control and purity offered at the Nanoparticles by
nanoparticles like these have been
made elsewhere in the past
using different methods, they lack the level
of control and purity offered at the
Nanoparticles by
Nanoparticles by Design Unit.
The
nanoparticles were
made of silica, but the researchers noted that in previous studies they
used graphene and carbon nanotubes to form
nanoparticle surfactants.
Seeman
used robust two dimensional arrays
of DNA to
make metallic
nanoparticles assemble into a checkerboard pattern.
Cornell researchers are
using synthetic DNA to
make nanoparticles, dubbed DNAsomes, that can deliver drugs and genetic therapy to the insides
of cells.
A new method, which
makes use of innovative
nanoparticles, could change that, providing a less harmful «cluster bomb» approach to delivery.
However, because these interactions tend to be multivalent in nature, the
use of nanoparticles to mimic the multivalent presentation
of carbohydrates found on biomolecular surfaces
make carbohydrate - functionalized
nanoparticles important systems to study [12].
Tumor - targeting
nanoparticles loaded with a drug that
makes cancer cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy's toxicity could be
used to treat an aggressive and often deadly form
of endometrial cancer, according to new research...
Making more than 1 quart / liter: The Silvonic Pro
uses the SWAP method
of switching the polarity
of the rods every 5 minutes and this change in direction
of electrical flow creates enough motion in the water to prevent agglomeration or clumping
of the
nanoparticles.
The
use of their newly developed composite
of black phosphorous, gold
nanoparticles, and titanate lanthamum as a photocatalyst, the researchers commented, has
made it possible to produce hydrogen from water and broadband sunlight, an innovation they expect will contribute significantly to solving environmental issues.
Mingce Long and Deyong Wu say their fabric
uses a coating
made from a compound
of titanium dioxide,... Their report describes cotton fabric coated with
nanoparticles made from a compound
of titanium dioxide and nitrogen.