Multifunctional nanoparticles, quantum dots (QDs) are being developed as uniquely sensitive tools for elucidating the (bio)chemical and (bio)physical molecular mechanisms underlying functional states, i.e. the molecular physiology, of biological cells and organisms. Here we present a group of strategies and examples for (i) controlling the spectroscopic properties of QDs via Fluorescence Resona...

New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Center of Bio & Micro/Nano Functional Materials, Shandong University, 27 Shandanan Road, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of C...

For modern agriculture Food Production Systems (FPS) to feed the expanding population, improving Nutrient Usage Efficiency (NUE) with little environmental risk has become essential. A novel approach problem of poor or falling Use a impact emerged: nanotechnology nanoscale inputs for development Nano Agri-Inputs (NAIPs). The study holds great promise providing intensive long-lasting solutions it...

F. TALOS, A. VULPOI, A. PONTON, S. SIMON, D. DUDEA, S. BRAN 1 Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Physics & Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Bio-Nano-Sciences, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2 Laboratory MSC, UMR 7057, Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS, Bât. Condorcet, CC 7056, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Haţieganu”, Faculty of Dental Medicine, 400029 ...

The electronic transfer (eT) at bio-interfaces has been achieved by orientating 2D inorganic slabs in a regular arrangement with the slab ab-planes vertical to the electrode substrate. The eT rate is effectively promoted by tuning the nano-micro scale structures of perpendicular LDH arrays.

A commercial TEM grid was used as a mask for the creation of extremely well-organized gold micro-/nano-structures on a glass substrate via a high temperature annealing process at 500 °C. The structured substrate was (bio)functionalized and used for the high throughput LSPR immunosensing of different concentrations of a model protein named bovine serum albumin.

Biomimetic materials have long been the (he)art of bioengineering. They usually aim at mimicking in vivo conditions to allow in vitro culture, differentiation and expansion of cells. The past decade has witnessed a considerable amount of progress in soft lithography, bio-inspired micro-fabrication and biochemistry, allowing the design of sophisticated and physiologically relevant micro- and nan...

Nanophotonic technique has been attracting much attention in applications of nano-bio-chemical sensing and energy conversion of solar energy harvesting and enhanced energy transfer. One approach for nano-bio-chemical sensing is surface plasmon resonance (SPR) imaging, which can detect the material properties, such as density, ion concentration, temperature, and effective refractive index in hig...

The present study was (i) to prepare two types of selenium nanoparticles, namely an amorphous form of selenium quantum dots (A-SeQDs) and a crystalline form of selenium quantum dots (C-SeQDs); and (ii) to investigate the nano-bio interactions of A-SeQDs and C-SeQDs in MCF-7, HepG2, HeLa, NIH/3T3, L929 cells and BRL-3A cells. It was found that A-SeQDs could induce the mitochondria-mediated apopt...

a Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia b ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia c Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health, Central Clinical School, Monash Universi...