Monitoring and manipulating cellular transmembrane potentials using nanostructures
US8290714B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 31, 2009 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/588
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The use of nanostructures to monitor or modulate changes in cellular membrane potentials is disclosed. Nanoparticles having phospholipid coatings were found to display improved responses relative to nanoparticles having other coatings that do not promote localization or attraction to membranes.
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