The cell-type specific uptake of polymer-coated or micelle-embedded QDs and SPIOs does not provoke an acute pro-inflammatory response in the liver

• Markus Heine,
• Alexander Bartelt,
• Oliver T. Bruns,
• Denise Bargheer,
• Artur Giemsa,
• Barbara Freund,
• Ludger Scheja,
• Christian Waurisch,
• Alexander Eychmüller,
• Rudolph Reimer,
• Horst Weller,
• Peter Nielsen and
• Joerg Heeren

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1432–1440, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.155

• isolated by gel chromatography using a PD-10 column (GE Healthcare). We injected 200 µL per mouse of QDs–lipid micelles (lipid concentration of QDs-lipid micelles stock solution was 10 mg/mL) or 200 µL of DiD–LDL per mouse (protein concentration of DiD–LDL was 2 mg/mL, total lipid concentration of DiD–LDL

Antimicrobial properties of CuO nanorods and multi-armed nanoparticles against B. anthracis vegetative cells and endospores

• Pratibha Pandey,
• Merwyn S. Packiyaraj,
• Himangini Nigam,
• Gauri S. Agarwal,
• Beer Singh and
• Manoj K. Patra

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 789–800, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.91

• nanoparticle based deactivation of microbes for medical and healthcare applications with nano-silver taking lead in academic research as well as in commercialization [9][10][11][12]. Comparatively few reports are available on the evaluation of nanoparticles against biological warfare (BW) agents including

Cytotoxic and proinflammatory effects of PVP-coated silver nanoparticles after intratracheal instillation in rats

• Nadine Haberl,
• Stephanie Hirn,
• Alexander Wenk,
• Jörg Diendorf,
• Matthias Epple,
• Blair D. Johnston,
• Fritz Krombach,
• Wolfgang G. Kreyling and
• Carsten Schleh

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 933–940, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.105

• after the instillation of 250 µg PVP-AgNP (Figure 8). Discussion According to the Woodrow–Wilson-Center database of nanotechnology-based products [28], silver is one of the most frequently used nanomaterials for consumer products. Due to the use of AgNP as aerosols in healthcare and hygiene spray

Controlled synthesis and tunable properties of ultrathin silica nanotubes through spontaneous polycondensation on polyamine fibrils

• Jian-Jun Yuan,
• Pei-Xin Zhu,
• Daisuke Noda and
• Ren-Hua Jin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 793–804, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.90

• important for various applications, such as hydrogen storage [1], healthcare [2] and environmental technology [3]. It is well known that tubular silica structures can be fabricated by using inorganic [4], organic [5] or biological templates [6]. Among them, the utilization of self-assembled organic

Paper modified with ZnO nanorods – antimicrobial studies

• Mayuree Jaisai,
• Sunandan Baruah and
• Joydeep Dutta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 684–691, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.78

• . Figure 8 shows digital images of the untreated paper and a sample of the antimicrobial paper grown at a concentration of 20 mM for 20 h with hand-written and printed text. The antimicrobial paper can therefore be used for various healthcare applications such as face masks, writing and printing paper, and

Detection of interaction between biomineralising proteins and calcium carbonate microcrystals

• Hanna Rademaker and
• Malte Launspach

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 222–227, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.26

• column (Sephadex TMG-25 M, GE Healthcare) to remove the SDS and DTT from the solutions. Beforehand the gel columns had been equilibrated with 25 mL 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0). After determining the fractions of highest protein concentration by a Bradford Assay (Bio-Rad), fractions 5 to 9 of two gel