Nanotechnology Research Center
Recent Submissions
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Physics and applications of defect structures in photonic crystals
(Springer, 2003)We propose and demonstrate a new type of propagation mechanism for electromagnetic waves in photonic band gap materials. Photons propagate through coupled cavities due to interaction between the highly localized neighboring ... -
Multifunctional peptide nanofiber scaffolds for neural differentiation
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Mussel-inspired functionalization of metal surfaces with bioactive self-assembled peptide nanofibers
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Bioactive peptide amphiphile nanofibers for cornea regeneration
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Mechanical properties of self-assembling peptide hydrogels and their effects on cell behaviors
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Macroscopic assembly of indefinitely long and parallel nanowires into large area photodetection circuitry
(Optical Society of America, 2012)We demonstrate a novel fabrication technique of a photodetection circuitry with light sensitive pixels consisting of hundreds of long and parallel selenium nanowires. Using 10x10 pixel format, alphabetic characters were ... -
Safety of nanomaterials
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016-03-11)This chapter overviews the attempts in understanding the biocompatibility of nanomaterials and provides an account of how these views changed in light of recent findings, with emphasis on the methodology used in nanotoxicology ... -
Advances in nanoparticle‐based medical diagnostic and therapeutic techniques
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016-03-11)Advances in modern medicine have eliminated several major causes of human mortality and considerably extended life expectancies around the world; however, this increase in the global age average has also boosted the ... -
Nanomaterials as tissue adhesives
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016-03-11)Tissue adhesives are used to create functional bonding interfaces between injured tissue parts and between tissues and implanted biomaterials. This chapter provides a critical review of the conventional tissue adhesive ... -
Nanomaterials for the repair and regeneration of dental tissues
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016-03-11)This chapter details the recent advances concerning the use of scaffolds and nanomaterials in the field of artificial tooth regeneration. Primary osseointegration is the mechanical attachment of an implant to the surrounding ... -
Nanomaterials for bone tissue regeneration and orthopedic implants
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016-03-11)Hierarchical organization and specialized composition of bone extracellular matrix (ECM) control the cellular processes including proliferation, migration, and differentiation for continuous modulation and maintenance of ... -
Wound healing applications of nanomaterials
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016-03-11)This chapter first provides an overview of skin structure and its biological response to the tissue loss in wound healing process and reviews the classical and next‐generation scaffolds and materials that are used to ... -
Therapeutic nanomaterials for cartilage regeneration
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016-03-11)Articular cartilage (AC) is the main focus of this chapter and indeed most cartilage regeneration studies, since it is commonly affected by diseases and traumatic injuries that necessitate its therapeutic regeneration. ... -
Nanomaterials for neural regeneration
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016-03-11)The central nervous system (CNS) consists of a dense network of cells leaving a smaller volume for the extracellular matrix (ECM) components (10‐20% for the brain unlike most other tissues (Cragg, 1979)). The reaction of ... -
Nanosized delivery systems for tissue regeneration
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016-03-11)This chapter focuses on advanced delivery of biologics including growth factors (GFs), cytokines, genes, or siRNAs using a variety of nanosized systems for different regeneration applications focusing on bone, cartilage, ... -
Nanomaterials for medicine
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016-03-11)Nanomaterials with controlled physical, chemical, and biological characteristics can be used for the therapy of the specific causes of the diseases. There are several ways to develop new materials in nanometer scale. Mainly, ... -
Biosensors for early disease diagnosis
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016-03-11)This chapter focuses on biosensor types, their detection limits, analysis times, and the diseases they are suitable for detecting. In addition, as nanomaterials are an effective means of producing small‐scale diagnostic ... -
Tunable deflection and asymmetric transmission of THz waves using a thin slab of graphene-dielectric metamaterial, with and without ENZ components
(Optical Society of America, 2018)Tunable deflection of obliquely incident, linearly polarized terahertz waves is theoretically studied in a wide frequency range around 20 THz, by combining a thin slab of graphene-dielectric metamaterial (with ten layers ...
