Functionalizing nanoparticles with biological molecules: developing chemistries that facilitate nanotechnology

KE Sapsford, WR Algar, L Berti, KB Gemmill… - Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Bionanotechnology has now become firmly established in its own right as one of the
principle and focused subdisciplines within nanotechnology.(1-10) Bionanotechnology can …

Non-covalent polymer wrapping of carbon nanotubes and the role of wrapped polymers as functional dispersants

T Fujigaya, N Nakashima - Science and technology of advanced …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been recognized as a promising material in a wide range of
applications from biotechnology to energy-related devices. However, the poor solubility in …

Analyzing nanomaterial bioconjugates: a review of current and emerging purification and characterization techniques

KE Sapsford, KM Tyner, BJ Dair… - Analytical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
REVIEW be defined as the intersection of nanotechnology and biology and is loosely
characterized by two somewhat converse foci:(i) exploiting nanomaterials (NMs) to …

A new era of cancer treatment: carbon nanotubes as drug delivery tools

SY Madani, N Naderi, O Dissanayake… - International journal …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer is a generic term that encompasses a group of diseases characterized by an
uncontrolled proliferation of cells. There are over 200 different types of cancer, each of which …

Single-walled carbon nanotube sensor selection for the detection of microrna biomarkers for acute myocardial infarction as a case study

A Hendler-Neumark, V Wulf, G Bisker - ACS sensors, 2023 - ACS Publications
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are single-stranded non-coding short ribonucleic acid sequences that
take part in many cellular and biological processes. Recent studies have shown that altered …

Carbon nanotubes as molecular transporters for walled plant cells

Q Liu, B Chen, Q Wang, X Shi, Z Xiao, J Lin, X Fang - Nano letters, 2009 - ACS Publications
We have investigated the capability of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) to
penetrate the cell wall and cell membrane of intact plant cells. Confocal fluorescence …

A carbon nanotube reporter of microRNA hybridization events in vivo

JD Harvey, PV Jena, HA Baker, GH Zerze… - Nature biomedical …, 2017 - nature.com
MicroRNAs and other small oligonucleotides in biofluids are promising disease biomarkers,
yet conventional assays require complex processing steps that are unsuitable for point-of …

Gold nanoparticles: microbial synthesis and application in water hygiene management

SK Das, AR Das, AK Guha - Langmuir, 2009 - ACS Publications
A green chemical method to synthesize nanogold-bioconjugate and its eco-friendly
promising role to purify contaminated waters has been described. Gold nanoparticles of 10 …

DNA and carbon nanotubes as medicine

W Cheung, F Pontoriero, O Taratula, AM Chen… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2010 - Elsevier
The identification of disease-related genes and their complete nucleotide sequence through
the human genome project provides us with a remarkable opportunity to combat a large …

A review on biomedical applications of single-walled carbon nanotubes

F Liang, B Chen - Current medicinal chemistry, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), a member of the carbon family, are the one-
dimensional analogues of zero-dimensional fullerene molecules with unique structural and …