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Researchers test hybrid, soft/hard nanocarriers to deliver drugs to the brain

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new approach to making nanocarriers for drug delivery features a soft, fat-like, liposome interior (which is already a clinically approved drug carrier) surrounded by a hard shell of gold nanoparticles.

Sep 20, 2022

Measuring Nanowire-Substrates Thermal Boundary Conductance with Ease

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Any changes in the surface or dimension in nanoscale devices alter their thermal transport. Hence, controlling thermal transport is critical in these devices.

Sep 20, 2022

Inhibiting Ovarian Cancer Growth Using Gold Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) is among the deadliest human cancers and its prognosis remains extremely poor. An article published in Advanced Science explored the self-therapeutic properties of gold nanoparticles to identify a molecular...

Sep 20, 2022

Silicon nanopillars for quantum communication

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Around the world, specialists are working on implementing quantum information technologies. One important path involves light: Looking ahead, single light packages, also known as light quanta or photons, could transmit data that is both coded and ...

Sep 20, 2022

New Insights into Dynamic Imaging Use of Magnetic Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Unlike non-magnetic nanomaterials, multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles have unique properties, including degradability, remote motion controllability, and diagnostic imaging. Multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles are remotely controllable via ...

Sep 20, 2022

New Strategy To Help Chitosan Nanocrystals Target Cells

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity and lyse microbial cells by interaction with biomembranes, offering great potential in designing new therapeutics. The antimicrobial resistance (AMR) caused due to overu...

Sep 20, 2022

Selective cancer nanoparticle targeting under the microscope

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanoparticles can be used as powerful vehicles to administer vaccines and prevent serious illness, as with the treatment of COVID-19 and to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs to cancer cells with goal of eradicating the cancer cells and leaving the he...

Sep 20, 2022

Silicon nanopillars for quantum communication: New production technology opens the way to quantum light sources with fiber optic compatibility

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Across the world, specialists are working on implementing quantum information technologies. One important path involves light: Looking ahead, single light packages, also known as light quanta or photons, could transmit data that is both coded and ...

Sep 20, 2022

Silicon nanopillars for quantum communication

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New production technology opens the way to quantum light sources with fiber optic compatibility.

Sep 20, 2022

New radiolabelling method for personalised cancer treatment

Delft University of Technology   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Researchers from TU Delft have found a new method to efficiently make nano carriers loaded with radioactive salts for both medical imaging and treatment. Because the assembly of these nano carriers is incredibly simple, the innovation is very suit...

Sep 20, 2022

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