In 1959, physicist Richard Feynman gave a historical lecture: `There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom'. Even after sixty years, the exciting field of nanotechnology …
Nanopores can be used as sensors to probe the structure of single polymers. In a typical experiment, a thin insulating membrane containing a nanometer-scale pore …
This dissertation describes the process of diamond nanowire fabrication, the identification of the samples as diamond, and the characterization of their optical and structural properties. …
Two major concerns with intraosseous transcutaneous amputation prostheses (ITAP) are lack of integration between the bone and metal interface and poor skin growth around the …
Photolithography allows millions of identical computer chips to be efficiently produced by repeatedly shining light through a set of masks. Since the 1960's, this process …
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is a valuable tool in medicine because it can non-invasively visualize changes in the body that accompany disease, often long before …
Cells are rich in a variety of diagnostic information, from morphology to nucleic acid, protein, and metabolite composition. Cells possess more data than any other …
Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) has been widely used as a biomaterial in regenerative medicine due to its good biocompatibility and biodegradability properties. Moreover, nanotopographies have …
This dissertation demonstrates, in multiple ways, that nanotechnology can be used to engineer effective solutions. This dissertation employs the colloidal route for synthesis of elemental …
The limit of current vascular stents lies in in-stent restenosis due to incomplete endothelialization, vascular smooth muscle cell hyperproliferation and immune responses. In this case, …
As new nanomaterials continue to be discovered at an exponential rate, it is becoming increasingly more important to study their biological interactions to understand how …
Antibiotic resistance and the lack of new antimicrobial therapies create significant challenges for the treatment of infections. Therefore, there is an urgent clinical need to …
Two-dimensional (2D) materials are a large class of atomically thin, sheet-like solids, whose chemical stability is a critical issue for commercial devices and nanomaterial driven …
Today bone defects such as bone fractures, osteoporosis or bone cancers represent a common and significant clinical problem. However, traditional micron size implant materials have …
Abstract of "Biological Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Targeted Therapeutics and Diagnostics" by Aruna Sigdel, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2014 Theranostics, the combination of diagnosis …
Anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) is an interesting material, occupying a unique space -- already used incredibly widely in the world, yet also commonly used for …