NIST Scientists Quantify Nanoparticle-Protein Interactions
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 14:07
in Physics & Chemistry
A research team at NIST has quantified the interaction of gold nanoparticles with important proteins found in human blood, an approach that should be useful in the development of nanoparticle-based medical therapies and for better understanding the physical origin of the toxicity of certain nanoparticles.