Highly Sensitive In Vitro Diagnostics from DNA-functionalized Gold Nanoparticles
| Title: | Highly Sensitive In Vitro Diagnostics from DNA-functionalized Gold Nanoparticles |
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| Description: |
Researchers at the Northwestern University Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (NU-CCNE) are using nanotechnology to develop highly sensitive diagnostic systems for cancer. The image above, taken with a transmission electron microscope, shows DNA-functionalized gold nanoparticles that have been assembled into a two-dimensional superlattice. DNA-functionalized gold nanoparticles are being used in a variety of high sensitivity biodiagnostic systems developed by the Mirkin group. This image is part of the Nanotechnology Image Library collection. |
| Topics/Categories: | Science and Technology -- Nanotechnology |
| Type: | Color, Photo (JPEG format) |
| Source: | National Cancer Institute |
| Creator: | Chad A. Mirkin, Ph.D. and Savka Stoeva, Ph.D. |
| Date Created: | April 1, 2008 |
| Date Added: | July 21, 2016 |
| Reuse Restrictions: | None - This image is in the public domain and can be freely reused. Please credit the source and, where possible, the creator listed above. |