A guide to the latest in nanoscience and technology research from the team that brings you Materials Today.
June 2007
Cover story: The biomacromolecule-nanoparticle interface

Monolayer-protected nanoparticles are excellent scaffolds for targeting biomacromolecules because of the possibility of engineering their surface properties. The cover story highlights recent advances in the use of nanoparticle surfaces for DNA and protein recognition.
Chang-Cheng You, Apiwat Chompoosor, and Vincent M. Rotello
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Features
Targeted nanoparticles for
cancer therapy

The increasing interest in using nanoparticles for cancer therapy has led to the development of smart targeted nanoparticles. These can deliver drugs at a sustained rate directly to cancer cells and may provide improved efficacy and lower toxicity.
Omid C. Farokhzad et al.
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Magnetic nanoparticles for
drug delivery
Magnetic nanoparticles show potential for drug delivery by combining a magnetic core and a suitable coating for drug loading. This review looks at the problems and recent advances in their development.
Jesús Santamaría et al.
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Dye-doped nanoparticles
for bioanalysis
Silica-based nanoparticles can be loaded with large numbers
of fluorescent dye molecules for the selective tagging of a
range of biomedically important targets.
Weihong Tan et al.
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Comment
Nanoscale toughness of
spider silk
Silk has been used as a textile for thousands of years and yet it is only recently that we are beginning to fully understand its structure.
David Porter and Fritz Vollrath
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Math ability in women – nature versus nurture
Are women really less gifted at math or are they being influenced by preconceived ideas about their performance?
Ilan Dar-Nimrod
• Opinion (pdf)
 
 
Research news
Includes...
• Nanoscale power sources get all shook up
• Nanotubes promise cooler
electronics
• From moth eyes to adult
stem cells
• Tiny Au takes on the
pollution giants
• Detecting proteins with excitons and plasmons
 
• Research news (pdf)
 

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