Browsing by Subject "Nanoparticles"
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(2018-05-16)Department: Interdisciplinary Studies: Structural Composite MaterialsConcrete dry casks are currently the primary storage solution for spent nuclear fuel in the United States. These above-ground storage chambers may be used for a century or more, and are subject to degradation by environmental ...
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(2022-03-27)Department: Biomedical EngineeringSmall interfering RNA (siRNA) has emerged as a potent regulator of gene expression, with the potential to treat a variety of previously “undruggable” diseases. However, its clinical translation has been limited due to short ...
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(2009-12-02)Department: ChemistryConjugation of targeting, imaging and drug molecules to nanoparticles has been a developing area of interest over the last 10-15 years. Although great strides have been made, characterization and activity of functionalized ...
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(2006-02-06)Department: Biomedical EngineeringSelective targeting of damaged or diseased cells is a concept with great potential to revolutionize the efficacy of systemically administered agents. Successful targeting preferentially delivers imaging agents and/or ...
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(2009-07-29)Department: ChemistryThe determination of electrophoretic properties and the size separation of monolayer protected clusters (MPCs) are presented in this thesis. MPCs are metallic nanoparticles encapsulated in a protecting thiolate monolayer. ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2016-05-02)A Fano resonance is an asymmetric, resonant scattering phenomenon which occurs in a multitude of fields, such as atomic physics, nuclear physics, nonlinear optics, and nanophotonics. The Fano resonance is a many-particle ...
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(2009-11-02)Department: ChemistryDifferent applications using gold at the nanoscale level are discussed in this dissertation. The first section includes relevant background into nanoparticles, specifically, monolayer protected gold clusters (MPC), and ...
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(2023-01-09)Department: ChemistrySince the discovery that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) prevent pain, swelling, and inflammation by inhibiting the enzymes cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), there has been interest in ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2011-04-11)The purpose of this research project was to test and characterize a new method for gold nanoparticle production. The main idea was based on the preliminary observations made in earlier work, which had suggested that small ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008-08-13)The paper briefly describes the construction of self organizing nanoparticles that can be designed to detect and record arbitrary intracellular events. The basic design captures nucleic acids. The design utilizes a single ...