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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"anisotropic nanoparticles"”.
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Polymer- and Bioadditives-Assisted Synthesis and Surface Modification of Anisotropic Gold Nanocrystals
… the reproducible and scalable syntheses of small anisotropic nanocrystals in high yield utilizing a polymer and small thiolated compounds as shape-directing agents during growth, which enhance the long-term shape stability and colloidal stability after functionalization. Chapter 1 is a literature …
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Quantitative Anisotropy Imaging based on Spectral Interferometry
… birefringence, DIC and phase imaging on anisotropic materials and biological specimens, where multiple intrinsic contrasts are desired. Besides using different intrinsic contrast regime to quantitatively measure different biological samples, spectral multiplexing interferometry technique …
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Studying the interface between DNA and inorganic nanoparticles to control shape and anisotropicity
… of the position and orientation between multiple nanoparticles. These issues in the field of nanomaterials are challenging to address and would greatly benefit from the precision and programmability of biomaterials such as DNA. In order to better apply DNA to solve issues in the field of …
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The investigation of interactions between single walled carbon nanotubes and flexible chain molecules
Anisotropic nanoparticles, such as inorganic nanowires and carbon nanotubes, are promising materials for a wide range of technological applications including transparent conductors, thin film transistors, photovoltaic materials, and chemical sensors. For many of these applications, the starting …
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Multi-Level Coarse-Grained Modelling on DNA Functionalised Building Blocks
… considerable functional control in designing anisotropic nanoparticles or nano-sized scaffolds as building blocks. These functionalised DNA building blocks enable the formation of varied DNA functionalised systems, such as DNA liquid crystals, DNA hydrogels or DNA functionalised micelles, …
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Development of Plasmonic Nanoplatforms for Diagnostics, Therapy, and Sensing
… in nanotechnology have led to the application of nanoparticles in a wide variety of fields. In the field of nanomedicine, there is great emphasis on combining diagnostic and therapeutic modalities into a single nanoparticle construct (theranostics). In particular, anisotropic nanoparticles have …
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Physical and chemical manipulation of carbon nanotubes and graphene for nanoelectronics
… problem of the top-down, parallel placement of anisotropic nanoparticles and secondly, chemical manipulation via controlled chemical functionalization. Physical manipulation of nanostructures has been achieved by designing a method for creating high aspect ratio cylindrical droplets with …
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Bioenabled Synthesis of Anisotropic Gold and Silver Nanoparticles
Anisotropic plasmonic noble metallic nanoparticles (APMNs) have received enormous attention due to their distinct geometric features and fascinating physicochemical properties. Owing in large part to their tailored localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and the intensive electromagnetic field …