Nanotechnology

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A colorimetric gold nanoparticle sensor to interrogate biomolecular interactions in real time on a surface. 
  • A fluorescent PEBBLE nanosensor for intracellular free zinc. 
  • A molecular dynamics simulation of the stability-limited growth mechanism of peptide-mediated gold-nanoparticle synthesis. 
  • A new era for cancer treatment: gold-nanoparticle-mediated thermal therapies. 
  • A new method for studying the interaction between chlorpromazine and phospholipid bilayer. 
  • A simple route towards CuO nanowires and nanorods. 
  • A two-state DNA lattice switched by DNA nanoactuator. 
  • A whole blood immunoassay using gold nanoshells. 
  • Acoustoelectronic nanotweezers enable dynamic and large-scale control of nanomaterials. 
  • Activity of psoralen-functionalized nanoscintillators against cancer cells upon X-ray excitation. 
  • Advances in nanomaterial vaccine strategies to address infectious diseases impacting global health. 
  • Advancing Risk Analysis for Nanoscale Materials: Report from an International Workshop on the Role of Alternative Testing Strategies for Advancement. 
  • Amphiphilic four-helix bundle peptides designed for light-induced electron transfer across a soft interface. 
  • An adaptable mesocosm platform for performing integrated assessments of nanomaterial risk in complex environmental systems. 
  • An assessment of the effects of shell cross-linked nanoparticle size, core composition, and surface PEGylation on in vivo biodistribution. 
  • Antimicrobial nanotechnology: its potential for the effective management of microbial drug resistance and implications for research needs in microbial nanotoxicology. 
  • Application of proteomic marker ensembles to subcellular organelle identification. 
  • Applications of nanotechnology to imaging and therapy of brain tumors. 
  • Broadband optical antireflection enhancement by integrating antireflective nanoislands with silicon nanoconical-frustum arrays. 
  • CMOS-based carbon nanotube pass-transistor logic integrated circuits. 
  • Capture and release of proteins on the nanoscale by stimuli-responsive elastin-like polypeptide "switches". 
  • Cation-Activated Avidity for Rapid Reconfiguration of DNA Nanodevices. 
  • Charge splitters and charge transport junctions based on guanine quadruplexes. 
  • Charged fullerenes as high-capacity hydrogen storage media. 
  • Chip-scale sensor system integration for portable health monitoring. 
  • Clinical utility of non-EpCAM based circulating tumor cell assays. 
  • Colloid chemical approach to nanoelectrode ensembles with highly controllable active area fraction. 
  • Colloidal Synthesis of Nanopatch Antennas for Applications in Plasmonics and Nanophotonics. 
  • Computational studies of small carbon and iron-carbon systems relevant to carbon nanotube growth. 
  • Concurrent aggregation and deposition of TiO2 nanoparticles in a sandy porous media. 
  • Conformational Dynamics of Mechanically Compliant DNA Nanostructures from Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations. 
  • Construction and control of plasmid DNA network. 
  • Control of a biomolecular motor-powered nanodevice with an engineered chemical switch. 
  • Correlating nanoscale titania structure with toxicity: a cytotoxicity and inflammatory response study with human dermal fibroblasts and human lung epithelial cells. 
  • DNA nanotubes self-assembled from triple-crossover tiles as templates for conductive nanowires. 
  • DNA sequencing: detecting methylation with force. 
  • DNA-Templated Self-Assembly of Protein Arrays and Highly Conductive Nanowires 
  • DNA-templated self-assembly of protein and nanoparticle linear arrays. 
  • Decreasing uncertainties in assessing environmental exposure, risk, and ecological implications of nanomaterials. 
  • Deformation and collapse of microtubules on the nanometer scale. 
  • Detecting solvent-driven transitions of poly(A) to double-stranded conformations by atomic force microscopy. 
  • Detection of cytochrome C in a single cell using an optical nanobiosensor. 
  • Development of high resolution, multiplexed electrode arrays: Opportunities and challenges. 
  • Direct Coupling of Plasmonic and Photonic Nanowires for Hybrid Nanophotonic Components and Circuits 
  • Directed enzymatic activation of 1-D DNA tiles. 
  • Directed nucleation assembly of DNA tile complexes for barcode-patterned lattices. 
  • Do inner shells of double-walled carbon nanotubes fluoresce? 
  • Doping and phonon renormalization in carbon nanotubes. 
  • Dual-order snapshot spectral imaging of plasmonic nanoparticles. 
  • Dynamic microcontact printing for patterning polymer-brush microstructures. 
  • Effects of humic acid and electrolytes on photocatalytic reactivity and transport of carbon nanoparticle aggregates in water. 
  • Electrochemical biosensor of nanocube-augmented carbon nanotube networks. 
  • Emerging approaches and technologies in transplantation: the potential game changers. 
  • Emerging nanotechnology approaches for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention. 
  • Engineered nanomaterials for biophotonics applications: improving sensing, imaging, and therapeutics. 
  • Enhancement of transport selectivity through nano-channels by non-specific competition. 
  • Enhancing four-wave-mixing processes by nanowire arrays coupled to a gold film. 
  • Enzymatic fabrication of DNA nanostructures: extension of a self-assembled oligonucleotide monolayer on gold arrays. 
  • Enzymatic nanolithography of a self-assembled oligonucleotide monolayer on gold. 
  • Estimates of upper bounds and trends in nano-TiO2 production as a basis for exposure assessment. 
  • Exfoliation and reassembly of cobalt oxide nanosheets into a reversible lithium-ion battery cathode. 
  • Fabrication of gold nanowires by electric-field-induced scanning probe lithography and in situ chemical development. 
  • Fabrication of high quality carbon nanotubes with a simple ethanol-assisted arc discharge process. 
  • Fabrication of small diameter few-walled carbon nanotubes with enhanced field emission property. 
  • Fabrication of surface plasmon resonators by nanoskiving single-crystalline gold microplates. 
  • Factors influencing flux decline during nanofiltration of solutions containing dyes and salts. 
  • Fiber-optic nanosensors for single-cell monitoring. 
  • Force Spectroscopy of Single Protein Molecules Using an Atomic Force Microscope. 
  • Formulation of diblock polymeric nanoparticles through nanoprecipitation technique. 
  • Free energy landscape of salt-actuated reconfigurable DNA nanodevices. 
  • Full-field swept-source phase microscopy. 
  • Functional bionetworks from nanoliter water droplets. 
  • Functional nanostructures from surface chemistry patterning. 
  • Functionalized few-walled carbon nanotubes for mechanical reinforcement of polymeric composites. 
  • Functionalized graphene sheets for polymer nanocomposites. 
  • Gold nanostars: surfactant-free synthesis, 3D modelling, and two-photon photoluminescence imaging. 
  • Gradated assembly of multiple proteins into supramolecular nanomaterials. 
  • Guiding the design space for nanotechnology to advance sustainable crop production. 
  • Heme-copper oxidases use tunneling pathways. 
  • High-Molecular-Weight Polynucleotides by Transferase-Catalyzed Living Chain-Growth Polycondensation. 
  • High-side digitally current controlled biphasic bipolar microstimulator. 
  • High-throughput optical imaging and spectroscopy of individual carbon nanotubes in devices. 
  • Hybrid top-down and bottom-up fabrication approach for wafer-scale plasmonic nanoplatforms. 
  • Hyperthermia and nanotechnology - a note from the Editor-in-chief. 
  • Implantable electronics: A sensor web for neurons. 
  • Importance of a nanoscience approach in the understanding of major aqueous contamination scenarios: case study from a recent coal ash spill. 
  • Improving single molecule force spectroscopy through automated real-time data collection and quantification of experimental conditions. 
  • Inkless microcontact printing on SAMs of Boc- and TBS-protected thiols. 
  • Integrated fabrication and magnetic positioning of metallic and polymeric nanowires embedded in thin epoxy slabs. 
  • Integrated single-walled carbon nanotube/microfluidic devices for the study of the sensing mechanism of nanotube sensors. 
  • Integration of photonic and silver nanowire plasmonic waveguides. 
  • Intracellular Neural Recording with Pure Carbon Nanotube Probes. 
  • Investigating the accuracy of microstereotactic-body-radiotherapy utilizing anatomically accurate 3D printed rodent-morphic dosimeters. 
  • Iron oxide/manganese oxide co-loaded hybrid nanogels as pH-responsive magnetic resonance contrast agents. 
  • Label free colorimetric biosensing using nanoparticles. 
  • Label-free DNA biosensor based on SERS Molecular Sentinel on Nanowave chip. 
  • Laboratory assessment of the mobility of nanomaterials in porous media. 
  • Leveraging nanoscale plasmonic modes to achieve reproducible enhancement of light. 
  • Lipid structures: a brief history of multisomes. 
  • Localized DNA Hybridization Chain Reactions on DNA Origami. 
  • Localized force application reveals mechanically sensitive domains of Piezo1. 
  • Measuring morphological features using light-scattering spectroscopy and Fourier-domain low-coherence interferometry. 
  • Mechanically interlocked calix[4]arene dimers display reversible bond breakage under force. 
  • Mechanochemistry: Force probes in a bottle. 
  • Memristor crossbar-based neuromorphic computing system: a case study. 
  • Microcantilever sensing and actuation with end-grafted stimulus-responsive elastin-like polypeptides. 
  • Modeling approaches for characterizing and evaluating environmental exposure to engineered nanomaterials in support of risk-based decision making. 
  • Modular nanotransporters for targeted intracellular delivery of drugs: folate receptors as potential targets. 
  • Multiplex detection of breast cancer biomarkers using plasmonic molecular sentinel nanoprobes 
  • Multiplex detection of disease biomarkers using SERS molecular sentinel-on-chip. 
  • Nanoantibiotics: a new paradigm for the treatment of surgical infection. 
  • Nanobiosensors: probing the sanctuary of individual living cells. 
  • Nanofabrication at high throughput and low cost. 
  • Nanomaterial categorization for assessing risk potential to facilitate regulatory decision-making. 
  • Nanomechanical control of glucopyranose rotamers. 
  • Nanomechanical fingerprints of UV damage to DNA. 
  • Nanoparticle-based diagnostic imaging of inflammation in rheumatic disease. 
  • Nanoparticles and their applications in cell and molecular biology. 
  • Nanopatterned polymer brushes by combining AFM anodization lithography with ring-opening metathesis polymerization in the liquid and vapor phase. 
  • Nanopatterned polymer brushes: conformation, fabrication and applications. 
  • Nanoprobes and nanobiosensors for monitoring and imaging individual living cells. 
  • Nanoscale chromatin profiling of gastric adenocarcinoma reveals cancer-associated cryptic promoters and somatically acquired regulatory elements. 
  • Nanoscale detection of ionizing radiation damage to DNA by atomic force microscopy. 
  • Nanoscale laminin coating modulates cortical scarring response around implanted silicon microelectrode arrays. 
  • Nanoscale neuro-integrative coatings for neural implants. 
  • Nanoscience advances in rheumatology and immunology. 
  • Nanosensor for in vivo measurement of the carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene in a single cell. 
  • Nanoshell-enabled photonics-based imaging and therapy of cancer. 
  • Nanoshell-mediated near-infrared thermal therapy of tumors under magnetic resonance guidance. 
  • Nanospring behaviour of ankyrin repeats. 
  • Nanostructured Materials for a Sustainable Future. 
  • Nanotechnologies and regenerative medical approaches for space and terrestrial medicine. 
  • Nanotechnologies: tools for sustainability in a new wave of water treatment processes. 
  • Nanotechnology and tumor imaging: seizing an opportunity. 
  • Narrow groove plasmonic nano-gratings for surface plasmon resonance sensing. 
  • New technology and clinical applications of nanomedicine: highlights of the second annual meeting of the American Academy of Nanomedicine (Part I). 
  • Noncovalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes by fluorescein-polyethylene glycol: supramolecular conjugates with pH-dependent absorbance and fluorescence. 
  • Novel strategy for diameter-selective separation and functionalization of single-wall carbon nanotubes. 
  • Observation of plasmon propagation, redirection, and fan-out in silver nanowires. 
  • One-pot synthesis of CdTe nanocrystals and shape control of luminescent CdTe-cystine nanocomposites. 
  • Opportunities and challenges for nanotechnology in the agri-tech revolution. 
  • Optical nanobiosensor for monitoring an apoptotic signaling process in a single living cell following photodynamic therapy. 
  • Optical nanosensors for detecting proteins and biomarkers in individual living cells. 
  • Optical near-field mapping of plasmonic nanoprisms. 
  • Optical sensor for the detection of caspase-9 activity in a single cell. 
  • Optimization of immunolabeled plasmonic nanoparticles for cell surface receptor analysis. 
  • Oxygen-containing functional groups on single-wall carbon nanotubes: NEXAFS and vibrational spectroscopic studies 
  • PEGylated gold nanoparticles conjugated to monoclonal F19 antibodies as targeted labeling agents for human pancreatic carcinoma tissue. 
  • Peptide-derivatized shell-cross-linked nanoparticles. 1. Synthesis and characterization. 
  • Peptide-derivatized shell-cross-linked nanoparticles. 2. Biocompatibility evaluation. 
  • Phonon populations and electrical power dissipation in carbon nanotube transistors. 
  • Photothermal optical coherence tomography of epidermal growth factor receptor in live cells using immunotargeted gold nanospheres. 
  • Picomole-scale characterization of protein stability and function by quantitative cysteine reactivity. 
  • Planar, flattened Luneburg lens at infrared wavelengths. 
  • Plasmonic Luneburg and Eaton lenses. 
  • Plasmonic gold nanostar-mediated photothermal immunotherapy for brain tumor ablation and immunologic memory. 
  • Plasmonic nanoprobes for intracellular sensing and imaging. 
  • Polymer hydrogels: Chaperoning vaccines. 
  • Programmable DNA self-assemblies for nanoscale organization of ligands and proteins. 
  • Programming DNA tube circumferences. 
  • Progress towards the responsible application of nanotechnology for water treatment. 
  • Protein nanotechnology: the new frontier in biosciences. 
  • Protonophore- and pH-insensitive glucose and sucrose accumulation detected by FRET nanosensors in Arabidopsis root tips. 
  • Purification of semiconducting carbon nanotubes. 
  • Quantitative biological surface science: challenges and recent advances. 
  • Quantitative microscopy and nanoscopy of sickle red blood cells performed by wide field digital interferometry. 
  • Rapid Nanophotonics Assay for Head and Neck Cancer Diagnosis. 
  • Rapid chiral assembly of rigid DNA building blocks for molecular nanofabrication. 
  • Rapid nanoimprinting of doped silk films for enhanced fluorescent emission. 
  • Rational selection of gold nanorod geometry for label-free plasmonic biosensors. 
  • Responsible development of nanotechnologies for water and wastewater treatment. 
  • Right bipyramids of silver: a new shape derived from single twinned seeds. 
  • Risk Governance of Emerging Technologies Demonstrated in Terms of its Applicability to Nanomaterials. 
  • Room temperature purification of few-walled carbon nanotubes with high yield. 
  • SERS nanosensors and nanoreporters: golden opportunities in biomedical applications. 
  • SERS-based plasmonic nanobiosensing in single living cells. 
  • Scaling behavior of nanopatterned polymer brushes. 
  • Selective probing and imaging of cells with single walled carbon nanotubes as near-infrared fluorescent molecules. 
  • Self-assembling chimeric polypeptide–doxorubicin conjugate nanoparticles that abolish tumours after a single injection 
  • Self-assembly of ordered nanowires in biological suspensions of single-wall carbon nanotubes. 
  • Shape and size control of ZnO nanostructures via a simple solution route. 
  • Shape matters: plasmonic nanoparticle shape enhances interaction with dielectric substrate. 
  • Simple and sensitive aptamer-based colorimetric sensing of protein using unmodified gold nanoparticle probes. 
  • Single molecule mechanical manipulation for studying biological properties of proteins, DNA, and sugars. 
  • Single-cell monitoring using fiberoptic nanosensors. 
  • Size-controlled electrochemical synthesis and properties of SnO2 nanotubes. 
  • Size-dependence of surface plasmon resonance and oxidation for Pd nanocubes synthesized via a seed etching process. 
  • Soft lithographic functionalization and patterning oxide-free silicon and germanium. 
  • Soft-lithographic approach to functionalization and nanopatterning oxide-free silicon. 
  • Spatial and spectral detection of protein monolayers with deterministic aperiodic arrays of metal nanoparticles. 
  • Spectral analysis of induced color change on periodically nanopatterned silk films. 
  • Stepwise self-assembly of DNA tile lattices using dsDNA bridges. 
  • Steric Communication between Dynamic Components on DNA Nanodevices. 
  • Structural and mechanical study of a self-assembling protein nanotube. 
  • Structure and thermomechanical behavior of NiTiPt shape memory alloy wires. 
  • Supramolecular nanomimetics: replication of micelles, viruses, and other naturally occurring nanoscale objects. 
  • Surface-enhanced Raman scattering molecular sentinel nanoprobes for viral infection diagnostics. 
  • Surface-enhanced-Raman-scattering-inducing nanoprobe for spectrochemical analysis. 
  • Surface-initiated enzymatic polymerization of DNA. 
  • Surface-stress-induced phase transformation in metal nanowires. 
  • Surfactant-assisted synthesis of Keggin-type polyoxometalates nanorods. 
  • Synthesis and optical properties of silver nanobars and nanorice. 
  • Synthesis of Double-walled Carbon Nanotubes Using Iron Disilicide as Catalyst 
  • Synthesis, characterization, and bioavailability of mannosylated shell cross-linked nanoparticles. 
  • Targeted nanotechnology for cancer imaging. 
  • The motion of a single molecule, the lambda-receptor, in the bacterial outer membrane. 
  • The synthesis and coating of long, thin copper nanowires to make flexible, transparent conducting films on plastic substrates. 
  • Thermopower of molecular junctions: an ab initio study. 
  • Tiny solutions for giant cardiac problems. 
  • Top-down particle fabrication: control of size and shape for diagnostic imaging and drug delivery. 
  • Tracking mesenchymal stromal cells using an ultra-bright TAT-functionalized plasmonic-active nanoplatform. 
  • Tumor vascular permeability to a nanoprobe correlates to tumor-specific expression levels of angiogenic markers. 
  • Tunable and amplified Raman gold nanoprobes for effective tracking (TARGET): in vivo sensing and imaging. 
  • Tuning the field-emission properties of tungsten oxide nanorods. 
  • Tuning the mechanical properties of graphene oxide paper and its associated polymer nanocomposites by controlling cooperative intersheet hydrogen bonding. 
  • Turnip yellow mosaic virus as a chemoaddressable bionanoparticle. 
  • Ultrabright Fluorescence Readout of an Inkjet-Printed Immunoassay Using Plasmonic Nanogap Cavities. 
  • Ultrasonic dispersion of nanoparticles for environmental, health and safety assessment--issues and recommendations. 
  • Using microcantilever deflection to detect HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein gp120. 
  • Velocity effects on fullerene and oxide nanoparticle deposition in porous media. 
  • What potential does plasmonics-amplified synergistic immuno photothermal nanotherapy have for treatment of cancer? 
  • Whole-blood immunoassay facilitated by gold nanoshell-conjugate antibodies. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Bennett, Vann, George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology, Duke Cancer Institute
  • Beratan, David N., R.J. Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Nicholas Institute-Energy Initiative
  • Canelas, Dorian, Associate Professor of the Practice of Chemistry, Chemistry
  • Fernandez-Moure, Joseph Steven, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery
  • Gall, Ken, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  • Glass, Jeffrey, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Hoimes, Christopher, Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology
  • Jokerst, Nan Marie, J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicholas Institute-Energy Initiative
  • Lebeck, Alvin R., Professor of Computer Science, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Lynch, Jerome Peter, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
  • Moreno-Hernandez, Ivan A., Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry
  • Osterberg, Joshua Samuel, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Marine Science and Conservation Division, Marine Science and Conservation
  • Reif, John H., A. Hollis Edens Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Stiff-Roberts, Adrienne, Jeffrey N. Vinik Professor, Nicholas Institute-Energy Initiative
  • Sullivan, Daniel Carl, Professor Emeritus of Radiology, Radiology
  • Turner, Amalia, Coord, Education & Training, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Wax, Adam P., Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering