Nanomaterial Interfaces in Biology

Preparation of 2 nm Gold Nanoparticles for In vitro and In vivo Applications.- DNA Conjugation to Nanoparticles.- Conjugation of Nanoparticles to Proteins.- Water-Solubilization and Functionalization of Semiconductor Quantum Dots.- Synthesizing and Modifying Peptides for Chemoselective Ligation and Assembly into Quantum Dot-Peptide Bioconjugates.- Reliable Methods for Silica Coating of Au Nanoparticles.- Surface Modifications by Polymers for Biomolecule Conjugation.- Functionalization Protocols of Silicon Micro-Nano-Mechanical Biosensors.- Stability and Aggregation Assays of Nanoparticles in Biological Media.- Electrochemical Measurements of DNA Melting on Surfaces.- Formation and Characterization of Nanoparticle-Protein Corona.- Electrophoretic Implementation of the Solution-Depletion Method for Measuring Protein Absorption, Adsorption Kinetics, and Adsorption Competition Among Multiple Proteins in Solution.- Hyperspectral Microscopy for Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles in Biological Media and Cells for Toxicity Assessment.- Immunochemistry, Electron Tomography and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDXS) on Cryosections of Human Cancer Cells Doped with Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Nanogels Loaded with Iron Oxide Nanoparticles.- Zwitterion Siloxane to Passivate Silica Against Non-Specific Protein Adsorption.- Preparation and Characterization of DNA Block Copolymer Assemblies Loaded with Nanoparticles.- Polyaspartic Acid Coated Iron Oxide Nanoprobes for PET/MRI Imaging.- Ligand Synthesis and Passivation for Silver and Large Gold Nanoparticles for Single-Particle-Based Sensing and Spectroscopy.- Non-Covalent Intracellular Drug Delivery of Hydrophobic Drugs on Au NPs.- Modification of Carbon Nanotubes for Gene Delivery Vectors.- Lipid-Based Nanoparticles as Non-Viral Gene Delivery Vectors.- Stabilizing Gold Nanoparticle Bioconjugates in Physiological Conditions by PEGylation.