Self-Assembled System of Semiconductor and Virus Like Nanoparticles

Functionalized Nanoscale Materials, Devices and Systems: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Functionalized Nanoscale Materials, Devices and Systems 2007
Gundars Mežinskis, R. Renhofa, P. Pumpens, Jurijs Dehtjars, K. Kachanovska, Aloizijs Patmalnieks

Virus like nanoparticles (VLP) are in use to be absorbed by cells to cause biological effects. To increase a local concentration of VLP, nanoparticles-carriers bringing the latter to the target cell could be employed. N –type and p –type Si semiconductor nanoparticles to control adhesion of VLP were applied. Optical absorbance spectra and electron microscopy evidenced that VLP became connected to Si nanoparticles. Moreover, a density of the adhered V LP depended on the type of both semiconductor and V LP.

Keywords
Semiconductor nanoparticles, adhesion.

Mežinskis, G., Renhofa, R., Pumpens, P., Dehtjars, J., Kachanovska, K., Patmalnieks, A. Self-Assembled System of Semiconductor and Virus Like Nanoparticles. In: Functionalized Nanoscale Materials, Devices and Systems: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Functionalized Nanoscale Materials, Devices and Systems, Romania, Dordrecht, 14-15 June, 2007. Dordrecht: Springer, 2007, pp.347-350. ISBN 9781402089022.

Publication language
English (en)