In this chapter, we outline protocols for assembling and characterizing peptide-gold nanoparticle conjugates. We describe two strategies for attaching peptides to gold nanoparticles. One involves the covalent coupling of cysteine-terminated peptides directly to a particle surface via a sulfur-gold bond. Alternatively, peptides are coupled to bovine serum albumin (BSA) via a bifunctional molecul...

Thanks to their unique optical and electromagnetic properties, noble-metal nanoparticles are proven very useful in many scientific fields, from nanotechnology to biology, including detection of cancer cells. Irradiated gold nanoparticles, as a nano-smolder could be widely used in biomedical contexts such as tumor therapy. Laser destruction of a cancerous tissue depends on thermal and physical p...

In Nanosciences, connecting an individual nano-object remains a technological bottleneck. The way nano-objects can be coupled to the micro and macroscopic environment without loosing their intrinsic properties is the main issue of so-called “NanoAddressing”. In LAAS-CNRS, the “Nanoaddressing/Nanobiotechnologies” group, created two years ago, develops and validate new concepts for achieving smar...

Hollow/porous nanoparticles, including nanocarriers, nanoshells, and mesoporous materials have applications in catalysis, photonics, biosensing, and delivery of theranostic agents. Using a hierarchical template synthesis scheme, we have synthesized a nanocarrier mimicking a golf ball, consisting of (i) solid silica core with a pitted gold surface and (ii) a hollow/porous gold shell without sili...

widespread arsenic contamination of mining wastewater of zarshouran (west azerbaijan province) hasled to a massive epidemic of arsenic poisoning in the whole of surrounding areas. it is estimated thatapproximately all agriculture fields are being irrigated with the water that its arsenic concentrationselevated above the world health organization’s standard of 10 parts per billion. a novel advan...

Phase diagrams of multi-component systems are critical for the development and engineering of material alloys for all technological applications. At nano dimensions, surfaces (and interfaces) play a significant role in changing equilibrium thermodynamics and phase stability. In this work, it is shown that these surfaces at small dimensions affect the relative equilibrium thermodynamics of the d...

In 2000, the National Institute of Health launched the National Nanotechnology Initiative to support, coordinate, and advance research and development of nanoscale projects. The impact of this new program on health-science related research and development became quickly visible. Broad governmental financial support advanced the start of new, and the deepening of already existing, interdisciplin...