Nanoscience and Nanometrology

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Volume 2, Issue 1, June 2016

  • Biocompatibility of Carbon Nanoparticles in HeLa Cells is Dictated by Synthesis and Sterilization Procedures

    Elisa Panzarini, Cristian Vergallo, Stefania Mariano, Luciana Dini

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, June 2016
    Pages: 1-7
    Received: 26 August 2015
    Accepted: 9 September 2015
    Published: 14 October 2015
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    Abstract: Due to their unique chemical and physical properties, carbon-based NanoMaterials (C-NMs) are largely exploited in biomedicine, i.e., cell and tissue imaging, drug delivery and tissue engineering scaffold, even if reports regarding their toxicity are still conflicting. In fact, biological effects strictly depend on the dynamic physicochemical charac... Show More
  • Quantitative Normal Force Measurements by Means of Atomic Force Microscopy Towards the Accurate and Easy Spring Constant Determination

    Andrzej Sikora

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, June 2016
    Pages: 8-29
    Received: 7 September 2015
    Accepted: 6 October 2015
    Published: 14 October 2015
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    Abstract: Due to its rapid popularity increase within last three decades, with particular focus on submicrometer quantitative surface’s properties imaging, atomic force microscopy (AFM) is still a subject of development and research in terms of both better understanding and efficient utilization of various measurement techniques. Quantitative and comparable ... Show More
  • Microbial Cells Force Spectroscopy by Atomic Force Microscopy: A Review

    Livia Angeloni, Daniele Passeri, Melania Reggente, Fabrizio Pantanella, Diego Mantovani, Marco Rossi

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, June 2016
    Pages: 30-40
    Received: 18 September 2015
    Accepted: 14 October 2015
    Published: 15 October 2015
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    Abstract: Bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation are important phenomena which can produce both detrimental and beneficial effects in several fields. Research is thus focused on the modulation of the properties of material surfaces in order to design and develop substrates able to control bacterial adhesion process, which is the first trigger event of biof... Show More