Quantifying the nanomachinery of the nanoparticle-biomolecule interface.

Controlling Plasmon Coupling in Biomolecule-Linked Metal Nanoparticle Assemblies

Controlling Plasmon Coupling in Biomolecule-Linked Metal Nanoparticle Assemblies by David S. Sebba Department of Mechanical Engineering Materials Science Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Anne A. Lazarides, Supervisor ___________________________ Thomas H. LaBean ___________________________ David R. Smith ___________________________ Chris Dwyer __...

Influence of Interface Thermal Resistance on Relaxation Dynamics of Metal-Dielectric Nanocomposite Materials under Ultrafast Pulse Laser Excitation

Nanocomposite materials, including noble metal nanoparticles embedded in a dielectric host medium, are interesting because of their optical properties linked to surface plasmon resonance phenomena. For studding of nonlinear optical properties and/or energy transfer process, these materials may be excited by ultrashort pulse laser with a temporal width varying from some femtoseconds to some hund...

Sesterin as a biomolecule

Sestrins (Sesns), highly conserved stress-inducing metabolic proteins, are known to protect organisms against various harmful stimuli including DNA damage, oxidative stress, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, and hypoxia. Sestrins regulate metabolism mainly through activation of AMP-dependent protein kinase (AMPK) and inhibition of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1). Sestrins also play a pivotal role...

Nanoparticles Carrying Biological Molecules: Recent Advances and Applications

In the past few decades, enormous advances have been achieved in the field of particle technology and the trend has been shifted from macro to micro and recently to the nanoscale. Integration of nanotechnology and biotechnology has paved the way to the development of biological nanoparticles, derived from biomolecules, and biomolecule-nanoparticle conjugates for numerous applications. This revi...

Nanoparticle-Guided Biomolecule Delivery for Transgene Expression and Gene Silencing in Mature Plants