The synthesis of surface‐modified silica nanoparticles, chemically grafted with acrylate and
poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) groups, and the ability of the resulting crosslinked coatings to …

The development of safe engineered nanoparticles (NPs) requires a detailed understanding
of their interaction mechanisms on a cellular level. Therefore, quantification of NP …

We synthesised silica nanoparticles (SiNP) with covalently linked cationic surface
modifications and demonstrated their ability to electrostatically bind, condense and protect …

Nanotechnology has enabled significant advances in the areas of electronic information, 1)
medicine, 2, 3) cosmetic, 4) and new energy fields. 5) While in 2006, there were more than …

Silica nanoparticles have become one of the most promising nanomaterials for a vast of
applications. In this work, a novel strategy for surface modification of silica nanoparticles has …

The current techniques used to create patterned materials at the nanometer scale such as
electron beam lithography are restricted to patterning small areas, which can be expensive …

New and more aggressive antibiotic resistant bacteria arise at an alarming rate and
represent an ever-growing challenge to global health care systems. Consequently, the …

Silica is a promising carrier material for nanoparticle-facilitated drug delivery, gene therapy,
and molecular imaging. Understanding of their pharmacokinetics is important to resolve …

Silica nanoparticles have become an important tool in material sciences, nanomedicine,
biotechnology, and pharmaceutics, with recent suggested applications also in …

A method of preparing nanometer-sized oxide colloids suitable as substance carriers for
size-sensitive diagnostic imaging and other biomedical applications is described. The …