Using plasmonic hotspots, gold nanostructures can be melted and made to produce the smallest nanojets ever observed.
Stain Your Brain: Nanoparticles Enable Brain Surgery
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a new system that uses dye-loaded nanoparticles to tag brain tumors for removal.
Book Review: Biodegradable Polymers in Clinical Use and Clinical Development
Anna Musyanovych of the Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research reviews Biodegradable Polymers in Clinical Use and Clinical Development.
Advanced Functional Polymers for Medicine – Free Access
The complex requirements of modern medicine demand a variety of multifunctional materials. Polymers provide a versatile toolbox for such materials. Hydrolytically degradable polymers show temporal changes of mechanical properties during degradation and controlled drug...
Testing for Enzyme Activity using Gold Nanoparticles
A new protocol combines gold nanoparticles with an enzyme substrate to give a simple test for the activity of an enzyme, the results of which can be seen with the naked eye.
MaterialsViews Interviews: Francis Waller
Former Air Products and Chemicals senior researcher Francis Waller discusses intellectual property for today’s chemist.
In vivo oxygen measurement
For measuring mitochondrial oxygen pressure clinically, just apply a cream on the skin.
What can Nanochemistry do for Chemical and Biological Sensing?
So what is next for nanochemical and biochemical sensor research? Shouldn’t we be trying to find the next glass pH electrode, rather than trying to squeeze that extra fraction of a percent out of our tried and tested materials?
Aqueous phase synthesis of CdTe quantum dots for biophotonics
An international team of researchers review a useful tool for three dimensional multi-photon microscopy and imaging
Flick of Switch Controls Medicine: Nanoparticle Drug Delivery
A recent review gives an up-to-the-minute round-up of how mesoporous silica nanoparticles are used to deliver drugs into cells.