Monitoring and manipulating cellular transmembrane potentials using nanostructures
US9506930B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 7, 2012 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2035 |
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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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