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HTTP:: Child 039 s Game Inspires the Creation of Nanocubes
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Creating paper cubes out of cross-shaped pieces of paper is something that children learn to do ever since kindergarten. They use the cubes simply to play around, or to store various toys inside. In a similar line of reasoning, a group of researchers from the Johns Hopkins University (JHU), in Baltimore, Maryland, devised a new method of producing precisely patterned carbon nanosurfaces, which can be folded up and modeled into various shapes. The innovation could have deep implications in the fields of medicine and computing, as they would allow for various other nanostructures to be added or binded to them, NewScientist reports. Over the past few years, experts have been trying to attach organic molecules, vaccines and DNA strands to nanoparticles for various applications in the human body, with various degrees of success. With the new structures, it may become a lot easier to simply store the “cargo” inside the cube, until the exact destination for the ensemble is r!
eached. The active components could then be released, ensuring a considerably higher delivery percentage than with conventional methods. In these techniques, the cargo is simply attached to the surface of the nanoparticles and exposed to outside influence. “At the macroscale, everything can easily be patterned in th...
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