Not exact matches
«Our fundamental contribution in this work is to judiciously prepare a star - shaped block co-polymer in
which the inner block has the capability to coordinate with metal precursors while the outer block allows photo - responsive materials to interact,
which in turn renders the crafting of photo - responsive
gold nanoparticles for light - enabled reversible and reliable self - assembly.»
That material attracts water - soluble metal precursors,
which use the space within the polymer hairs as nano - reactors to form
gold nanoparticles.
A «Trojan horse» treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer,
which involves using tiny
nanoparticles of
gold to kill tumour cells, has been successfully tested by scientists.
That revolution in medical diagnostics could be made possible by products like the Verigene system,
which uses DNA - coated
gold nanoparticles to identify telltale proteins and important genes.
A DNA array detection method is reported in
which the binding of oligonucleotides functionalized with
gold nanoparticles leads to conductivity changes associated with target - probe binding events.
The research, in
which the CIC biomaGUNE and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid also participate, not only represents a record in optical quality in
which billions of
gold nanoparticles behave as a single one, but introduces a new way to manipulate and improve nanomaterials by employing lasers as chisels in the hands of a sculptor.
Melander's team,
which is not involved in any of DeSimone's work, is currently testing their
gold nanoparticles» ability to cross through a simulation of the blood — brain barrier that prevents many substances from passing into the brain from the bloodstream.
One example is
gold,
which can be highly reactive and excellent catalysts in a
nanoparticle form.
The
gold - platinum
nanoparticles,
which are about hundred thousand times thinner than a human hair, also are efficient at converting laser radiation into heat and killing the cancer cell, making them promising for another cancer treatment known as photo - thermal therapy.
Gold nanoparticles,
which many
Mixing these produces the red - brown solution at the front of the photo, from
which the dark powder of hybrid
gold - copper
nanoparticles is extracted.