All these inorganic nanoparticles can be further functionalized with organic moieties, through different synthetic strategies, to afford relevant nanomaterials for biomedical applications. Unlike SNPs, MSNs exhibit many outstanding properties such as high surface areas, tunable pore sizes, and large pore volumes. What makes SNPs very exciting from a nanomedicine point of view is the presence of a well-defined structure (size, surface chemistry, morphology, porosity, shells, etc.) that can be easily engineered with the desired properties and functionalized or doped with organic/inorganic species. In contrast to the previously described inorganic nanomaterials, SNPs do not acquire any peculiar property from their sub-micrometric size, except for the corresponding increase of surface area. In the case of silica-based nanoparticles two major types have been widely explored, solid silica nanoparticles (SNPs) and mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs). For instance, these magnetite-based nanoparticles have been used for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents. Another class of inorganic nanoparticles is magnetite (Fe 3O 4) nanomaterials that are superparamagnetic and exhibit high magnetization in the presence of an external magnetic field however, no residual magnetization is observed in its absence. Moreover, AuNPs have also been explored for photothermal therapy the heat generated through the absorbed light by small AuNPs results on hyperthermia that have been used to decrease cell proliferation. These features have been used to engineer AuNPs with strong absorption in the NIR region. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been synthesized with controllable morphology and exhibit unique surface plasmon resonance (SPR) properties. QDs exhibit luminescent properties with a controllable wavelength ranging from the visible to near infrared (NIR) according to their size. QDs are nearly spherical semiconductor particles with diameters in the order of 2–10 nm, containing roughly 200–10,000 atoms. For example inorganic nanoparticles such as quantum dots (QDs) are nanomaterials generally composed of elements from either group I–VII, II–VI or III–V. Nanotechnology makes use of the novel chemical and physical properties of nanoscale (1–1000 nm) materials that cannot be achieved by their bulk counterparts. Overall: Under a Killing Moon didn't really sway me when it first came out, but thanks to the sequel I gave it a shot and I was glad I did.Nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary scientific area and covers fields including materials science, chemistry, biology, physics, engineering and biomedicine. The acting is so hammy (but this was kinda the norm at the time) but it's also charming and kinda fits in with the style. Still, even though it is dated it still has a fun story with the lovable Tex Murphy. One of the first CD-ROM based games that took full advantage of a computer's soundcard and speak system (those available at the time.) For it's time it was a technical marvel. I do remember that this was THE game back when it first came out. Still, even though it is dated it still has a fun story I actually played the sequel Pandora Directive before playing this. One of the first CD-ROM based games that took full advantage of a computer's soundcard and speak system (those available at the time.)įor it's time it was a technical marvel. I actually played the sequel Pandora Directive before playing this.
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