Single-cell manipulation with laser-powered microbots using elastic nanorods and laser tweezers. [🔬 Szeged Institute of Biophysics, Hungary]
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September 22, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Single-cell manipulation with laser-powered microbots using elastic nanorods and laser tweezers. [🔬 Szeged Institute of Biophysics, Hungary]
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Single-cell manipulation with laser-powered microbots using elastic nanorods and laser tweezers. [🔬 Szeged Institute of Biophysics, Hungary]
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September 14, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Single-cell manipulation with laser-powered microbots using elastic nanorods and laser tweezers. [🔬 Szeged Institute of Biophysics, Hungary]
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Single-cell manipulation with laser-powered microbots using elastic nanorods and laser tweezers. [🔬 Szeged Institute of Biophysics, Hungary]
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July 21, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Single-cell manipulation with laser-powered microbots using elastic nanorods and laser tweezers. [🔬 Szeged Institute of Biophysics, Hungary]
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Drones equipped with solar cells could be wirelessly charged using laser beams aimed at them from the ground, rather than relying on onboard batteries. Adding a layer of semiconducting nanorods into the solar cells reduces unwanted heating from these lasers. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/semiconduc...
Semiconducting nanorods help laser-powered drones keep cool – Physics World
Researchers incorporate a heat blocking technology into the solar cells onboard remote unmanned aerial vehicles
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August 19, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Drones equipped with solar cells could be wirelessly charged using laser beams aimed at them from the ground, rather than relying on onboard batteries. Adding a layer of semiconducting nanorods into the solar cells reduces unwanted heating from these lasers. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/semiconduc...
I investigated magnetic nanorods for localized cancer treatments so that cancer patients would not feel so ill or have to lose all their hair to receive good treatment. That work is (was?) still in process to make sure it would be affordable, effective, and safe.
March 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I investigated magnetic nanorods for localized cancer treatments so that cancer patients would not feel so ill or have to lose all their hair to receive good treatment. That work is (was?) still in process to make sure it would be affordable, effective, and safe.
Gold nanorods paired with near-infrared light are advancing cancer treatments, offering precise, minimally invasive therapies.
Combining this approach with immunotherapies shows promise in shrinking tumours and boosting long-term immune response.
Combining this approach with immunotherapies shows promise in shrinking tumours and boosting long-term immune response.
Frontiers | Targeted intra-tumoral hyperthermia using uniquely biocompatible gold nanorods induces strong immunogenic cell death in two immunogenically ‘cold’ tumor models
www.frontiersin.org
January 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Gold nanorods paired with near-infrared light are advancing cancer treatments, offering precise, minimally invasive therapies.
Combining this approach with immunotherapies shows promise in shrinking tumours and boosting long-term immune response.
Combining this approach with immunotherapies shows promise in shrinking tumours and boosting long-term immune response.
For the first time, a research group at the University of Potsdam has succeeded in tracking and quantifying the light-induced accumulation of charge on gold nanorods in real time: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines...
#publication @natcomms.nature.com #physics #research
#publication @natcomms.nature.com #physics #research
Charging gold nanorods with light energy
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January 16, 2026 at 9:06 AM
For the first time, a research group at the University of Potsdam has succeeded in tracking and quantifying the light-induced accumulation of charge on gold nanorods in real time: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines...
#publication @natcomms.nature.com #physics #research
#publication @natcomms.nature.com #physics #research
Gold nanomaterials could advance environmental and energy technologies.
This review highlights functionalized #GoldNanocrystals and #nanorods for #ContaminantDetection, pollutant removal and improved energy storage.
#OpenAccess in #NanotechnologyReviews: doi.org/10.1515/ntre...
This review highlights functionalized #GoldNanocrystals and #nanorods for #ContaminantDetection, pollutant removal and improved energy storage.
#OpenAccess in #NanotechnologyReviews: doi.org/10.1515/ntre...
October 3, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Gold nanomaterials could advance environmental and energy technologies.
This review highlights functionalized #GoldNanocrystals and #nanorods for #ContaminantDetection, pollutant removal and improved energy storage.
#OpenAccess in #NanotechnologyReviews: doi.org/10.1515/ntre...
This review highlights functionalized #GoldNanocrystals and #nanorods for #ContaminantDetection, pollutant removal and improved energy storage.
#OpenAccess in #NanotechnologyReviews: doi.org/10.1515/ntre...
I hate this so hard.
Like, Aggregated Diamond Nanorods of hate.
Like, Aggregated Diamond Nanorods of hate.
July 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I hate this so hard.
Like, Aggregated Diamond Nanorods of hate.
Like, Aggregated Diamond Nanorods of hate.
Screening and plunge freezing ESCRT proteins on nanorods! Good ending of the week 🍻
November 30, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Screening and plunge freezing ESCRT proteins on nanorods! Good ending of the week 🍻
Check the new #AdvFunctMater report on the combination of #chiral plasmonic nanoparticles and SERS scattering, by the team at @cinbio.bsky.social @uvigo.bsky.social and @cicbiomagune.bsky.social
Read it here! advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@erc.europa.eu @lizmarzan-lab.bsky.social
Read it here! advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@erc.europa.eu @lizmarzan-lab.bsky.social
Wavelength‐Dependent Differential Amplification of Raman Scattering by Chiral Gold Nanorods for Multiplexed Encoding
The SERS spectra of reporter molecules adsorbed on chiral gold nanorods depends on the handedness of circularly polarized light (CPL-SERS). The bisignate plasmonic CD spectra of chiral nanorods provi...
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June 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Check the new #AdvFunctMater report on the combination of #chiral plasmonic nanoparticles and SERS scattering, by the team at @cinbio.bsky.social @uvigo.bsky.social and @cicbiomagune.bsky.social
Read it here! advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@erc.europa.eu @lizmarzan-lab.bsky.social
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@erc.europa.eu @lizmarzan-lab.bsky.social
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Sona Nanotech used a treatment called targeted hyperthermia therapy (THT) on patients with metastatic melanoma who were not responding to immunotherapy.
“We’ve taken gold nanoparticles, just nanorods, one billionth of a metre long, and inserted them into tumours and
Sona Nanotech used a treatment called targeted hyperthermia therapy (THT) on patients with metastatic melanoma who were not responding to immunotherapy.
“We’ve taken gold nanoparticles, just nanorods, one billionth of a metre long, and inserted them into tumours and
November 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Sona Nanotech used a treatment called targeted hyperthermia therapy (THT) on patients with metastatic melanoma who were not responding to immunotherapy.
“We’ve taken gold nanoparticles, just nanorods, one billionth of a metre long, and inserted them into tumours and
Sona Nanotech used a treatment called targeted hyperthermia therapy (THT) on patients with metastatic melanoma who were not responding to immunotherapy.
“We’ve taken gold nanoparticles, just nanorods, one billionth of a metre long, and inserted them into tumours and
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then we pass your infrared red light over them and the nanorods convert the light
into heat and we use warm heat to change the core of the tumour so that it is more visible to the immune system,” explains Dr. Carman Giacomantonio.
then we pass your infrared red light over them and the nanorods convert the light
into heat and we use warm heat to change the core of the tumour so that it is more visible to the immune system,” explains Dr. Carman Giacomantonio.
November 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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then we pass your infrared red light over them and the nanorods convert the light
into heat and we use warm heat to change the core of the tumour so that it is more visible to the immune system,” explains Dr. Carman Giacomantonio.
then we pass your infrared red light over them and the nanorods convert the light
into heat and we use warm heat to change the core of the tumour so that it is more visible to the immune system,” explains Dr. Carman Giacomantonio.
Targeted hyperthermia therapy, a Canadian innovation, uses gold nanorods and infrared light to deliver therapeutic heat that stimulates the immune system and destroys resistant tumours.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Halifax doctor sees game-changing results for cancer treatment with targeted hyperthermia therapy
Targeted hyperthermia therapy uses gold nanorods and infrared light to deliver therapeutic heat that stimulates the immune system and destroys resistant tumours.
www.saltwire.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Targeted hyperthermia therapy, a Canadian innovation, uses gold nanorods and infrared light to deliver therapeutic heat that stimulates the immune system and destroys resistant tumours.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Single-cell manipulation with laser-powered microbots using elastic nanorods and laser tweezers. [🔬 Szeged Institute of Biophysics, Hungary]
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April 17, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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#MicroSky: Short F1 phage-derived nanorods are rising stars in diagnostics & nanotech, offering compact size & no antibiotic genes. León-Quezada et al described a single-step system that boosts nanorod yield 100x, enabling higher-order structures & broader applications. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
May 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
#MicroSky: Short F1 phage-derived nanorods are rising stars in diagnostics & nanotech, offering compact size & no antibiotic genes. León-Quezada et al described a single-step system that boosts nanorod yield 100x, enabling higher-order structures & broader applications. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
Halifax doctor sees game-changing results for cancer treatment with targeted hyperthermia therapy www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Halifax doctor sees game-changing results for cancer treatment with targeted hyperthermia therapy
Targeted hyperthermia therapy uses gold nanorods and infrared light to deliver therapeutic heat that stimulates the immune system and destroys resistant tumours.
www.saltwire.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Halifax doctor sees game-changing results for cancer treatment with targeted hyperthermia therapy www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
See our new paper describing a simple single-plasmid system for making <100 nm filamentous phage-derived nanorods, based on a PhD thesis by Rayen Leon-Quezada at Massey University, collaboration with @the-gold-lab.bsky.social
#phage
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#phage
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
A Single‐Plasmid Inducible‐Replication System for High‐Yield Production of Short Ff (f1, M13 or fd)‐Phage‐Derived Nanorods
Single-plasmid inducible-replication system for biological nanorod production was developed based on the knowledge of replication and biology of the Ff (f1, fd or M13) bacteriophages from which they ...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
See our new paper describing a simple single-plasmid system for making <100 nm filamentous phage-derived nanorods, based on a PhD thesis by Rayen Leon-Quezada at Massey University, collaboration with @the-gold-lab.bsky.social
#phage
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#phage
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Vitaly V. Porsev et al.: Ultrathin selenium nanorods from helical phases: a quantum chemical study using line group theory ##SeleniumNanorods##RodSymmetryGroups##LineSymmetryGroups... ##IUCrhttps://journals.iucr.org/paper?S2053273325009088
Ultrathin selenium nanorods from helical phases: a quantum chemical study using line group theory
The torsion instability of chiral selenium nanorods from the trigonal bulk phase was theoretically predicted. Two types (chiral/achiral) of selenium nanorods from the tetragonal bulk phase were constructed and studied.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Vitaly V. Porsev et al.: Ultrathin selenium nanorods from helical phases: a quantum chemical study using line group theory ##SeleniumNanorods##RodSymmetryGroups##LineSymmetryGroups... ##IUCrhttps://journals.iucr.org/paper?S2053273325009088
Extract: The Laboratoire de Physique des Solides is seeking a PhD candidate to explore plasmonic liquid crystals based on gold and silver nanorods. The project aims to establish morphogenesis, develop multi-responsive CLCs, and connect structure with optical response.
October 3, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Extract: The Laboratoire de Physique des Solides is seeking a PhD candidate to explore plasmonic liquid crystals based on gold and silver nanorods. The project aims to establish morphogenesis, develop multi-responsive CLCs, and connect structure with optical response.
I didn’t know Ricky worked for a journal #predatoryjournals 🧪
February 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I didn’t know Ricky worked for a journal #predatoryjournals 🧪
Large-Scale Synthesis of Janus Polymer Nanorods via Electrostatics-Mediated Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization in Concentrated Solutions www.chinesechemsoc.org/doi/10.31635...
#chemistry #openaccess #science
#chemistry #openaccess #science
January 23, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Large-Scale Synthesis of Janus Polymer Nanorods via Electrostatics-Mediated Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization in Concentrated Solutions www.chinesechemsoc.org/doi/10.31635...
#chemistry #openaccess #science
#chemistry #openaccess #science
It's out & hot 🔥 Not only because it just went online but since we show that engineered heat patterns are super effective in manipulating fluid flows & particles.
If you work in microfluidics, or need reconfigurable environments in your experiments, give it a read!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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If you work in microfluidics, or need reconfigurable environments in your experiments, give it a read!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Three-dimensional optofluidic control using reconfigurable thermal barriers - Nature Photonics
A fluidic system with spatially reconfigurable hot spots generated by optical pumping of plasmonic nanorods is demonstrated, creating virtual barriers by generating local heating via photothermal conv...
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August 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It's out & hot 🔥 Not only because it just went online but since we show that engineered heat patterns are super effective in manipulating fluid flows & particles.
If you work in microfluidics, or need reconfigurable environments in your experiments, give it a read!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪💡
If you work in microfluidics, or need reconfigurable environments in your experiments, give it a read!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A one-step synthesis allows precise control of circular dichroism in gold nanorods, giving them exceptional sensitivity to changes in the refractive index. 🔬
The team behind the discovery includes researchers from RADIANT partner institution @cinbio.bsky.social!
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The team behind the discovery includes researchers from RADIANT partner institution @cinbio.bsky.social!
advanced.onlinelibra...
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A one-step synthesis allows precise control of circular dichroism in gold nanorods, giving them exceptional sensitivity to changes in the refractive index. 🔬
The team behind the discovery includes researchers from RADIANT partner institution @cinbio.bsky.social!
advanced.onlinelibra...
The team behind the discovery includes researchers from RADIANT partner institution @cinbio.bsky.social!
advanced.onlinelibra...
Gold nanorods can accumulate and store electric charge when exposed to light, acting as photochemical capacitors and influencing their catalytic and optical properties in light-driven reactions. doi.org/hbj5kz
Charging gold nanorods with light energy
Gold nanorods are promising photocatalysts that can use light energy to drive chemical reactions—such as converting CO₂ into usable fuels or producing hydrogen from water.
phys.org
January 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Gold nanorods can accumulate and store electric charge when exposed to light, acting as photochemical capacitors and influencing their catalytic and optical properties in light-driven reactions. doi.org/hbj5kz