Showing papers in "Nano Today in 2009"

TL;DR: In this article, the formation of various heteronanostructures using the Frank-van der Merwe (FM), Volmer-Weber (VW), and Stranski-Krastanov (SK) growth modes is discussed.

TL;DR: The promise of nanomaterials for bone, cartilage, vascular, neural and bladder tissue engineering applications will be reviewed and as an important future area of research, the potential risk and toxicity ofnanomaterial synthesis and use related to human health are emphasized.

TL;DR: The basis behind LSPR sensing is described, the latest progress regarding nanostructure fabrication techniques and biosensing applications are summarized, and the challenges that L SPR biosensors should face are discussed.

TL;DR: A number of chemical routes have been developed to produce Pt nanocrystals with well-defined and controllable shapes to improve their performance in terms of catalytic activity and selectivity as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the current research activities on the fabrication of inorganic hollow nanostructures by using self-templating methods is presented, including those involving the surface-protected etching strategy, Ostwald ripening, the Kirkendall effect, and galvanic replacement.

TL;DR: It is shown that immobilized enzymes in the nanospaces of MPS can be applied as viable biocatalysts for chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

TL;DR: The surface ferromagnetic properties of inorganic nanoparticles have been investigated in this article, where it is shown that the surface magnetism of the nanoparticles is confined to the surface.

TL;DR: In this article, superhydrophobic nanoporous polydivinylbenzene materials are successfully synthesized by a novel solvothermal route, which exhibit high surface area, large pore volume, controllable average pore size, super-hydrophobicity and superoleophilicity.

TL;DR: In this article, a review article covers recent progress concerning the synthesis of hollow nanostructures with their sizes smaller than 200nm and their biomedical applications including specific targeting, imaging, and controlled release of therapeutics for simultaneous diagnosis and therapy.

TL;DR: In this paper, a soft material/hard material hybrid in which a magnetic metal or oxide is embedded in a temperature-responsive polymer matrix can combine the thermal sensitivity with magnetic signatures.

TL;DR: In this article, a review describes the synthetic routes for preparation of mesoporous zeolites by various templates including nanostructured carbons, mesoscale cationic polymers, and nanosized inorganic materials.

TL;DR: This review summarizes the current state-of-the-art of radiolabeled nanoparticles for molecular imaging and internal radiotherapy applications targeting cancer.

TL;DR: The applications of various types of nanomaterials inside cells ranging from cell imaging and cell tracking to cancer treatment are described.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarize the results of their studies on the interactions between boron nitride nanotubes and living cells and outline future and realistic applications for their use in the biomedical field.

TL;DR: An overview of the recent progress in the development of gecko-inspired synthetic dry adhesives is presented, with particular emphasis on two major structural elements of nanohairs and nanotubes as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: Water soluble polymers can be tailored to exhibit sol–gel transition behaviors in response to external stimuli such as temperature and pH to provide sustained release of therapeutic proteins or support the growth and function of cells.

TL;DR: Nanostructures self-assembled from amphiphilic functional copolymers have emerged as safe and efficient nanocarriers for delivery of anticancer therapeutics.

TL;DR: Molecular design using short peptides as new materials may play increasingly important role in nanoscience, nanotechnology, nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize the latest developments in the application of nanostructure-based biosensors with an electrical transduction mechanism, in ultrasensitive detection of biological entities, especially nucleic acids and proteins.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of recent advances in patterning of thin films by using electrohydrodynamic instabilities, a simple and cost-effective bottom-up method, is presented.

TL;DR: This review aims to summarize the recent developments of FUN-membranes fabricated via an assortment of bottom-up self-assembly strategies, and describes the various fabrication methods, characterization approaches, as well as the properties and applications of FUN -membrane materials.

TL;DR: The current state-of-the-art of SWCNTs in molecular imaging applications is summarized and a multifunctional,SWCNT-based nanoplatform holds great potential for clinical applications in the future.

TL;DR: In this paper, the physical and biological aspects involved in nanoparticle systems having multiple functions such as optical and magnetic resonance imaging capabilities with incorporated bioactive molecules are discussed under the context of health (safety) and ethical concerns.

TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that magnetic and electric field gradients near nanostructures can induce molecular transitions that are forbidden by electric dipole selection rules, which could provide a route to new nanomagnetic catalysts and to magnetic control of chemical reactions.

TL;DR: Quantum dots (QDs), semiconductor nanocrystals with unique photo-physical properties, represent a novel class of fluorescence probes to address many of the needs of personalized medicine.

TL;DR: This review summarizes recent progresses on the development of integrated microfluidics-based chemical reactors for parallel screening of in situ click chemistry libraries, multistep synthesis of radiolabeled imaging probes for positron emission tomography (PET), and sequential preparation of individually addressable conducting polymer nanowire (CPNW).

TL;DR: In this article, a simple method to fabricate Janus-faced nanopillars showing the direction-sensitive behavior as a dry adhesive was presented, and the results showed that the bending mechanism for the bending toward the metal layer by thermal annealing can be explained by the mismatch in thermal expansion coefficients between metal and polymer, followed by the plastic deformation of polymeric pillars.

TL;DR: N nano-structured CaP composites can be fabricated with ease under ambient conditions and exhibit promising features, which may hopefully address these challenges as being advanced nanocarriers in nanomedicine.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the biologically modified SiNW-FET can be used as a screening sensor for the future studies of biomolecular associations, such as protein–protein interactions, protein–DNA interactions,protein–carbohydrate interactions, etc.

TL;DR: In this article, the design and synthesis of chiral or achiral poly-imidazolium/poly-IMidazolidium spherical particles with diameters in the range of nanometers to micrometers were demonstrated with certain spacer groups.