Nanoporous silicon as drug delivery systems for cancer therapies

SM Haidary, EP Corcoles, NK Ali - Journal of Nanomaterials, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Porous silicon nanoparticles have been established as excellent candidates for medical
applications as drug delivery devices, due to their excellent biocompatibility …

Antifungal Activity of Nanocapsule Suspensions Containing Tea Tree Oil on the Growth of Trichophyton rubrum

FC Flores, JA De Lima, RF Ribeiro, SH Alves… - Mycopathologia, 2013 - Springer
The aim of this study was to evaluate, for the first time, the antifungal efficacy of
nanocapsules and nanoemulsions containing Melaleuca alternifolia essential oil (tea tree …

Microfluidic platforms for evaluation of nanobiomaterials: A review

V Giridharan, YH Yun, P Hajdu, L Conforti… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Biomaterials, especially those based on nanomaterials, have emerged as critical tools in
biomedical applications. The applications encompass a wide range such as implantable …

Studying biomolecule localization by engineering bacterial cell wall curvature

LD Renner, P Eswaramoorthy, KS Ramamurthi… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
In this article we describe two techniques for exploring the relationship between bacterial
cell shape and the intracellular organization of proteins. First, we created microchannels in a …

Classy non-wovens based on animate L. gasseri-inanimate poly(vinyl alcohol): upstream application in food engineering

T Amna, MS Hassan, DR Pandeya, MS Khil… - Applied microbiology …, 2013 - Springer
We explored electrospinning as a feasible and practicable mode for encapsulation and
stabilization of Lactobacillus gasseri. The utilized nanocomposite was prepared using sol …

In situ evidence for metabolic and chemical microdomains in the structured polymer matrix of bacterial microcolonies

JR Lawrence, GDW Swerhone… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
CLSM and fluorescent probes were applied to assess the structure, composition, metabolic
activity and gradients within naturally occurring β-proteobacteria microcolonies. Extracellular …

Polymer/bacteria composite nanofiber nonwovens by electrospinning of living bacteria protected by hydrogel microparticles

M Gensheimer, A Brandis‐Heep… - Macromolecular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Physically crosslinked PVA‐hydrogel microparticles are utilized for encapsulation of E. coli
and M. luteus. The bacteria survive dry storage or treatment with bacteria‐hostile organic …

Picoliter agar droplet breakup in microfluidics meets microbiology application: numerical and experimental approaches

A Khater, O Abdelrehim, M Mohammadi… - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Droplet microfluidics has provided lab-on-a-chip platforms with the capability of bacteria
encapsulation in biomaterials, controlled culture environments, and live monitoring of growth …

[HTML][HTML] In situ devices can culture the microbial dark matter of corals

F Modolon, J Schultz, G Duarte, CLS Vilela, T Thomas… - iScience, 2023 - cell.com
Most microorganisms found in environmental samples have never been cultured and can
often only be explored through molecular or microscopic approaches. Here, we adapt the …

Hydrodynamic trapping of Tetrahymena thermophila for the long-term monitoring of cell behaviors

I Kumano, K Hosoda, H Suzuki, K Hirata, T Yomo - Lab on a Chip, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidic trapping technology has been widely applied for single-cell observation in order
to reveal characteristic cell behaviors. However, this strategy has yet to be tested for …