Bio-inspired nitric-oxide-driven nanomotor

Mimi Wan; Huan Chen; Qi Wang; Qian Niu; Ping Xu; Yueqi Yu; Tianyu Zhu; Chun Mao; Jian Shen

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08670-8

Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Bio-inspired nitric-oxide-driven nanomotor

Mimi Wan,
Huan Chen,
Qi Wang,
Qian Niu,
Ping Xu,
Yueqi Yu,
Tianyu Zhu,
Chun Mao,
Jian Shen

Affiliations

Mimi Wan: National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University
Huan Chen: National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University
Qi Wang: National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University
Qian Niu: National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University
Ping Xu: National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University
Yueqi Yu: National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University
Tianyu Zhu: National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University
Chun Mao: National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University
Jian Shen: National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08670-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Depletion of propellant in chemical-fuel-driven nanomotors is a limiting factor in device design and application. Here, the authors create a nitric-oxide-generating nanoparticle and explore cellular uptake and application of the nanomotors in nitric oxide treatments.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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