Plasmon rulers can be used for resolving ultrasmall material changes.
Wen Chen, Shunping Zhang, Qian Deng, Hongxing Xu 2018, 'Probing of sub-picometer vertical differential resolutions using cavity plasmons',Nature Communicationshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41467-018-03227-7. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The nanosheets are composed of ultrasmall nanoparticles in the range of 1–2nm in size.
Hanggara Sudrajat, Pornapa Sujaridworakun 2017, 'Low-temperature synthesis of δ-Bi2O3 hierarchical nanostructures composed of ultrathinnanosheets for efficient photocatalysis', Materials & Designhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127517305695. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our experiments demonstrated a sufficient contrast between normal and iron-laden cells labeled with ultrasmall magnetic nanoparticles.
Mohammad Mehrmohammadi, Junghwan Oh, Srivalleesha Mallidi, Stanislav Y. Emelianov 2011, 'Pulsed Magneto-motive Ultrasound Imaging Using Ultrasmall Magnetic Nanoprobes', Molecular Imaginghttps://doi.org/10.2310/7290.2010.00037. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Experimental results show that the developed microfluidic chip with the ultrasmall orifice can steadily produce water-in-oil droplets with different sizes.
Che-Hsin Lin, Chun-Hung Lan, Chih-Hui Yang 2013, '3-Dimensional Microorifice Fabricated Utilizing Single Undercut Etching Process forProducing Ultrasmall Water and Chitosan Droplets', Journal of Nanomaterialshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/275946. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Plasmon lasers can support ultrasmall mode confinement and ultrafast dynamics with device feature sizes below the diffraction limit.
Jun Zhu, Zhengjie Xu, Wenju Xu, Deli Fu, Duqu Wei 2017, 'Dye gain gold NW array of surface plasmon polariton waveguide', Results in Physicshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379716306817. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Advanced magnetic resonance imaging methods using ultrasmall particles of iron oxide were performed to assess blood plasma volume.
Hanneke W.M. van Laarhoven, Giulio Gambarota, Jasper Lok, Martin Lammens, Yvonne L.M.Kamm, Theo Wagener, Cornelis J.A. Punt, Albert J. van der Kogel, Arend Heerschap 2006, 'Carbogen Breathing Differentially Enhances Blood Plasma Volume and 5-FluorouracilUptake in Two Murine Colon Tumor Models with a Distinct Vascular Structure', Neoplasia: An International Journal for Oncology Researchhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1476558606800308. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ultrasmall sub-5.5 nm particles can pass through the barrier for renal clearance, minimizing their toxicity.
Zhang XD, Yang J, Song SS, Long W, Chen J, Shen X, Wang H, Sun YM, Liu PX, Fan S 2014, 'Passing through the renal clearance barrier: toward ultrasmall sizes with stable ligandsfor potential clinical applications', International Journal of Nanomedicinehttp://www.dovepress.com/passing-through-the-renal-clearance-barrier-toward-ultrasmall-sizes-wi-a16558. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results demonstrate the importance of the coating layer to biocompatibility and toxicity of ultrasmall photoluminescent gold nanoclusters.
Marija Matulionyte, Dominyka Dapkute, Laima Budenaite, Greta Jarockyte, Ricardas Rotomskis 2017, 'Photoluminescent Gold Nanoclusters in Cancer Cells: Cellular Uptake, Toxicity, andGeneration of Reactive Oxygen Species', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/18/2/378. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Detection of ultrasmall masses such as proteins and pathogens has been made possible as a result of advancements in nanotechnology.
Srinivas Sridhar, Nader Jalili, Samira Faegh 2013, 'A Self-Sensing Piezoelectric MicroCantilever Biosensor for Detection of UltrasmallAdsorbed Masses: Theory and Experiments', Sensorshttp://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/13/5/6089. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)