Self-assembled “Hairy” Nanoparticles Could Give a Double Punch to Cancer | Research Horizons

“Hairy” nanoparticles made with light-sensitive materials that assemble themselves could one day become “nano-carriers” providing doctors a new way to simultaneously introduce both therapeutic drugs and cancer-fighting heat into tumors. That’s one potential application for a new technology that combines water-repelling yet light-sensitive and water-absorbing materials into polymeric nano-reactors for creating photo-responsive gold nanoparticles. Bioengineering and Bioscience Electronics and Nanotechnology Materials