Capacitance-based real time monitoring of endocytosis

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There exist three kinds of endocytosis; receptor mediated endocytosis, pinocytosis and phagocytosis. First, receptor-mediated endocytosis is essential for targeted gene/drug delivery to a specific cell type. Second, pinocytosis is the engulfing and digestion of dissolved [...]

Rhodamine B Isothiocyanate-Modified Ag Nanoaggregates on Dielectric Beads: A Novel Surface-Enhanced-Raman-Scattering and Fluorescent Imaging Material

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Ag-deposited silica and polystyrene beads are efficient surface-enhanced-Raman-scattering (SERS) substrates that can be used as core materials of SERS-based biosensors. In this work, we report that once rhodamine B isothiocyanate (RhBITC) is adsorbed onto them, [...]

Silver Particle and Silver Thiolate-Based Molecular Sensing/Recognition Units Operating via Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

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Noble metallic nanostructures exhibit a phenomenon known as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) in which the scattering cross sections are dramatically enhanced for molecules adsorbed thereon. We demonstrate that commercially available Ag(μAg) powders can be used [...]