BME 695L Lecture 5: Nanomaterials for Core Design

See references below for related reading.5.1      Introduction5.1.1    core building blocks5.1.2    functional cores5.1.3    functionalizing the core surface5.2      Ferric oxide cores5.2.1    paramagnetic cores5.2.2    superparamagnetic cores5.2.3    ferric nanorods5.2.4    advantages and disadvantages5.3      C60 and carbon nanotubes5.3.1    size and structure of C605.3.2    elongation of C60 into carbon nanotubes5.3.3    advantages and disadvantages5.4      Gold cores5.4.1    gold nanoparticles5.4.2    gold nanorods5.4.3    other shapes (e.g. "stars")5.4.4    gold nanoshells5.4.5    advantages and disadvantages5.5      Silica cores5.5.1    silica nanoparticles5.5.2    mesoporous silica NP for drug delivery and biosensing5.5.3    advantages and disadvantages5.6      Quantum dots5.6.1    size determines color5.6.2    good for multicolor fluorescence5.6.3    importance of coatings5.6.4    conjugating targeting molecules5.6.5    examples from studies5.6.6    finding sub-optical nanoparticles5.6.7    cytotoxicity issues5.7      Next generation quantum dots5.7.1    Water-Soluble Doped ZnSe Nanocrystal Emitters5.7.2    Organic quantum dots5.8      Hybrid materials5.8.1    gold-ferric oxide nanoparticles and nanorods5.8.2    NIR fluorescent-chitosan polymer-iron oxide core hybrids5.8.3    dual-modality MRI/NIRF imaging with hybrid nanoparticles