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Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery, Controlled Release, and Targeted Therapy
Online Presentations | 07 Dec 2023 | Contributor(s):: Neda Habibi, The Micro Nano Technology - Education Center
Drug targeting to specific organs and tissues has become one of the critical endeavors of the century since the use of free drugs in conventional dosage forms generally involves difficulties in achieving the target site at the appropriate dose after or during a proper time period....
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NanoMedicine
Online Presentations | 07 Oct 2022 | Contributor(s):: Jared Ashcroft, NACK Network
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Properties of Nanomaterials
Online Presentations | 30 Jul 2022 | Contributor(s):: Peter Kazarinoff, Mariel Kolker, NACK Network
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Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery, Controlled Release and Targeted Therapy
Online Presentations | 17 Jun 2022 | Contributor(s):: Neda Habibi, The Micro Nano Technology - Education Center
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Colorful and Smart Nanoscale Materials
Online Presentations | 17 Jun 2022 | Contributor(s):: Yadong Yin, The Micro Nano Technology - Education Center
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Designing Machine Learning Surrogates for Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Online Presentations | 25 Nov 2021 | Contributor(s):: JCS Kadupitiya
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations accelerated by high-performance computing (HPC) methods are powerful tools for investigating and extracting the microscopic mechanisms characterizing the properties of soft materials such as self-assembled nanoparticles, virus capsids, confined electrolytes,...
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Quick Overview of Top Down, and Botton up Manufacturing in Nanofabrication
Online Presentations | 10 Nov 2021 | Contributor(s):: Terry Kuzma, NACK Network
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Shape-changing Nanoparticles for Nanomedicine Applications
Online Presentations | 04 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s):: Vikram Jadhao
I will describe the nanoHUB tool “Nanoparticle Shape Lab” that enables simulations of the shape deformation of charged nanoparticles for a broad variety of nanoparticle material properties including nanoparticle surface charge, pattern, elasticity and solution conditions such...
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The Effect of Sulfidation on Solubility of Silver Nanoparticles On Water Treatment Membranes
Online Presentations | 12 Jan 2021 | Contributor(s):: Richard Daines, NEWT Center
This whiteboard video is designed to engage K-12 students in high-level nanotechnology research. Biofouling hinders water treatment membranes. Coating them with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) increases their antimicrobial biofouling resistance. Unfortunately, AgNPs are soluble,...
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University of Minnesota Partner Site Plans - Nano Health and Safety
Online Presentations | 07 Sep 2020 | Contributor(s):: Pete Raynor, James J Marti, Jared Ashcroft (editor), The Micro Nano Technology - Education Center
The Midwest Emerging Technologies Public Health and Safety Training (METPHAST) grant from the University of Minnesota Public Health and Safety program in conjunction with the Minnesota Nano Center, will have a 4 day workshop where participants learn how to safely handle nanoparticles and then...
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Shape Changing Nanocontainers Tutorial
Online Presentations | 22 Apr 2020 | Contributor(s):: Vikram Jadhao
Course material companion materials for nanoparticle shape lab. Four files are associated with this course material: two video lectures, companion powerpoint slides, and a homework problem set.
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Golden Opportunities: Gold Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications
Online Presentations | 14 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s):: Catherine J. Murphy
In this talk I will discuss how these nanoparticles are prepared, how their surface chemistry can be tuned, how apparent cytotoxicity can be traced back to reagents in the synthesis rather than the particles per se, how protein orientation can be controlled on their surfaces, how cells respond...
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The Interfacial Chemistry of Organic Aerosols and Cloud Droplets
Online Presentations | 10 May 2019 | Contributor(s):: Kevin R. Wilson
I will highlight our efforts to use nanoparticles and droplets in the laboratory to understand heterogeneous reaction mechanisms and the underlying physical chemistry of cloud droplet formation.
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3 min Research Talk: Ellipsoidal Particle Detection
Online Presentations | 31 Jan 2019 | Contributor(s):: Gabrielle Kershaw
The objective of this project was to create code using functions found in MATLAB Image Processing Toolbox, such as edge detection, thresholding, and morphology to isolate the desired ellipsoidal particles in images obtained from experiments. The code was to become a research tool that...
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Environmental Impacts of Nanoparticles: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful
Online Presentations | 16 Jul 2018 | Contributor(s):: James Kubicki, NACK Network
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Metal Nanoparticles: How are they manufactured, what useful properties do they have and what are some examples of products?
Online Presentations | 01 Feb 2018 | Contributor(s):: James Delattre, NACK Network
Outline:History of Synthetic Metal NanoparticlesContemporary DefinitionsMethods of manufactureUseful propertiesCommercial examples available TODAY
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Biocompatibility and Cellular Overview III: Nanoparticles for Biological Applications Including Liposomes
Online Presentations | 28 Nov 2017 | Contributor(s):: Terry Kuzma, NACK Network
Outline:BiocompatibilityQuick overview of cellular interactionscale, size, generic animal cellNanoscale materials for biological interactionLiposomesMetal NanoparticlesNanoshellsExamples of bionano applicationsLectures:Biocompatibility and Cellular Overview IBiocompatibility and Cellular Overview...
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Biocompatibility and Cellular Overview IV: Role of Metal Nanoparticles in Biological Applications
Online Presentations | 28 Nov 2017 | Contributor(s):: Terry Kuzma, NACK Network
Outline:BiocompatibilityQuick overview of cellular interactionscale, size, generic animal cellNanoscale materials for biological interactionLiposomesMetal NanoparticlesNanoshellsExamples of bionano applicationsLectures:Biocompatibility and Cellular Overview IBiocompatibility and Cellular Overview...
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Multiscale Modelling of Nanoparticle Suspensions
Online Presentations | 12 Jun 2017 | Contributor(s):: Pietro Asinari
In the present work a multiscale modelling approach is implemented to relate the nanoscale phenomena to the macroscopic bulk properties of nano-suspensions. Specifically, Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations and Brownian Dynamics (BD) are synergistically integrated to understand the mechanisms...
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How to Engineer Human Microbiomes?
Online Presentations | 02 Mar 2017 | Contributor(s):: Mohit Verma
We are developing tools based on nanotechnology, bioengineering, and analytical chemistry to understand causal relationships between microbiomes and their hosts, and to manipulate microbiomes for desirable outcomes, e.g. to shift patients from unhealthy to healthy states. One of these tools uses...