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Rice scientists make first nanoscale pH meter

...sually gold. Many times smaller than living cells, nanoshells can be produced with great precision and the metal...ht. To form the pH sensor, Halas' team coated the nanoshells with pH-sensitive molecules called paramercaptobenzoic acid, or pMBA. When placed in solutions of va...

Nanoparticles, nanoshells, nanotubes: How tiny specks may provide powerful tools against cancer

...s when heated with laser light. What's more, these nanoshells interact with light in specific ways, and can be "..., secondly, near infrared light (NIR). Used alone, nanoshells are non-toxic and can be excreted with no ill effect because gold is biologically compatible. Near-i...

Scientists develop nanotech-laser treatment that kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue

...the Rice team injected the tumors with gold-coated nanoshells and exposed the animals to near-infrared light for several minutes. The tumors disappeared within 10 days without damaging any healthy tissue. Future applications Dai points out that the carbon nanotubes also can be delivered to diseased cells by d...

Study shows nanoshells ideal as chemical nanosensors

...Science finds that tailored nanoparticles known as nanoshells canenhance chemical sensing by as much as 10 billi...pplications. Now, Rice researchers have shown that nanoshells canprovide large, clean, reproducible enhancements of this effect, openingthe door for new, all-opti...

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