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Spring 2016

Lam, Michael K

Remarkable progress has been made in terms of developing gold nanoparticle (AuNP) based colorimetric systems for biodiagnostics. There are two general strategies: the target analyte triggers assembly leading to a color change from red solution to blue precipitated AuNPs; the target analyte...

Fall 2013

Zeberoff, Anthony F

Stimulus response materials are a class of novel materials that are currently being explored in various technologies, including biomedical devices and components, food packaging, fabrics, energy harvesting and conversion, and other elementary components such as sensors and actuators. Hybrid...

Fall 2013

Wang, Meijing

Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) have been applied as diagnostic and therapeutic agents because they can be targeted, localized, and be heated to cause cell death. However, their use has been limited by their relatively low biocompatibility. In this work, we coated the GNPs surface by a biocompatible...

Fall 2014

Dever, Brittany R

The assembly of nanoparticle building blocks into more complex nanostructures has important applications in analytical chemistry, materials science, medical science, optics, and electronics. Due to its exquisite specificity and programmable nature, DNA has emerged as a very promising biomolecule...

Fall 2013

Diaz, Julian

Combining multiple functions and controlling their relative organization on the surface, as well as controlling the release of payloads will be essential properties of nanomaterials for future medical applications. In this thesis we studied these properties using as a model DNA-gold...