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Colored Magnetic Nanoparticles to Improve the Sustainability of Textile Dyeing

Wen J., Sun Y., University of Massachusetts-Lowell, US

Current dyeing techniques face growing environmental and economic challenges due to high consumption of water, salts, auxiliaries and energy, and production of substantial amounts of industrial polluting waste waters. This project demonstrated that colorants can [...]

Plasmonic Nanobubbles for Intracellular Targeting and Gene Therapy

Lukianova-Hleb E., Wen J., Meteletsa L., Brenner M., Chang J., Lapotko D.O., Rice University, US

Intracellular molecular targeting (IMT) and gene transfection of eukaryotic cells is widely used for research and for developing gene cell therapy. However, the existing IMT methods lack selectivity, efficacy and safety when heterogeneous cell systems [...]