Molecular self-assembly is the spontaneous association of molecules under equilibrium conditions into stable, structurally well-defined aggregates joined by noncovalent bonds. Molecular self-assembly is ubiquitous in biological systems and underlies the formation of a wide variety of complex biological structures. Understanding self-assembly and the associated noncovalent interactions that connect complementary interacting molecular surfaces in biological aggregates is a central concern in structural biochemistry. Self-assembly is also emerging as a new strategy in chemical synthesis, with the potential of generating nonbiological structures with dimensions of 1 to 10(2) nanometers (with molecular weights of 10(4) to 10(10) daltons). Structures in the upper part of this range of sizes are presently inaccessible through chemical synthesis, and the ability to prepare them would open a route to structures comparable in size (and perhaps complementary in function) to those that can be prepared by microlithography and other techniques of microfabrication.

Molecular self-assembly and nanochemistry: A chemical strategy for the synthesis of nanostructures

Switches, and Actuators Masahiro Irie,*,† Tuyoshi Fukaminato,‡ Kenji Matsuda, and Seiya Kobatake †Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University, Nishi-Ikebukuro 3-34-1, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan ‡Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, N20, W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan

Photochromism of Diarylethene Molecules and Crystals: Memories, Switches, and Actuators

Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) with controlled geometrical, optical, and surface chemical properties are the subject of intensive studies and applications in biology and medicine. To date, the ever increasing diversity of published examples has included genomics and biosensorics, immunoassays and clinical chemistry, photothermolysis of cancer cells and tumors, targeted delivery of drugs and antigens, and optical bioimaging of cells and tissues with state-of-the-art nanophotonic detection systems. This critical review is focused on the application of GNP conjugates to biomedical diagnostics and analytics, photothermal and photodynamic therapies, and delivery of target molecules. Distinct from other published reviews, we present a summary of the immunological properties of GNPs. For each of the above topics, the basic principles, recent advances, and current challenges are discussed (508 references).

Gold nanoparticles in biomedical applications: recent advances and perspectives

Objective: To demonstrate optical coherence tomography for high-resolution, noninvasive imaging of the human retina. Optical coherence tomography is a new imaging technique analogous to ultrasound B scan that can provide cross-sectional images of the retina with micrometer-scale resolution. Design: Survey optical coherence tomographic examination of the retina, including the macula and optic nerve head in normal human subjects. Settings Research laboratory. Participants: Convenience sample of normal human subjects. Main Outcome Measures: Correlation of optical coherence retinal tomographs with known normal retinal anatomy. Results: Optical coherence tomographs can discriminate the cross-sectional morphologic features of the fovea and optic disc, the layered structure of the retina, and normal anatomic variations in retinal and retinal nerve fiber layer thicknesses with 10- μm depth resolution. Conclusion: Optical coherence tomography is a potentially useful technique for high depth resolution, cross-sectional examination of the fundus.

Optical Coherence Tomography of the Human Retina

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We demonstrated a miniaturized optical profilometer of surface scanning manner by using an electrically tunable liquid crystal Fabry-Perot cell. The surface profile of the fringe patterns is explained by the resonance mode analysis of the interference patterns.

An electrical tunable liquid crystal Fabry-Perot cell for a miniaturized 3D surface scanning profilometer

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This paper presents a high-efficiency technique based on dielectrophoresis (DEP) for assembling metal, semiconductor, and polymer nanorods, which are synthesized by electrochemical deposition (ECD). The assembly patterns of these nanorods (width: 20 nm; length: 7 μm) were designed using a finite element method (FEM) simulation tool. Further, these nanorods were used in our experiment after their assembly patterns were fabricated. The assembly yield was found to be approximately 70% at an AC voltage of 30 Vp-p and at frequencies of 20 and 30 kHz, and the DC voltage prevented the random alignment of the nanorods at the edge of the assembly pattern. Moreover, the above-mentioned nanorods, which had different permittivities, were found to have similar assembly yields. The proposed method can be improved and applied to nanostructure device fabrication.

High-efficiency technique based on dielectrophoresis for assembling metal, semiconductor, and polymer nanorods

A new active optical waveguide ion sensor is proposed. CO-polymer matrix membrane based on anionic cationselective chromoionophore is coated on the patterned glass substrate as waveguide itself. Utilizing thin film membrane, fast response time and high sensitivity are obtained. And sensor could be measured a wide range of Ca" concentrations ranging from lod to 1M by measuring the absorbance change at 514nm of light. Longtime stability, reproducibility and dynamic range of the proposed sensor are discussed.

Active Optical Waveguide Sensor Based On Co-polymer Matrix Membrane For Determination Of Ca++

This paper reports the results of the multi‐layer structure design and simulation for Au nanorod assembly. The multi‐layer structure is designed by simulation and fabricated using semiconductors. In the experiment, the dielectrophoresis (DEP) principle is used to assemble Au nanorods which are synthesized by electrochemical deposition (ECD). To increase the Au nanorod assembly efficiency, only first layer’s structure and multi‐layer’s structure are proposed by ANSYS simulation. Assembly efficiency of the first layer experiment is about 20% and assembly efficiency of multi‐layer experiment is improved by 45%. As a result, the Au nanorod assembly efficiency of forr the multi‐layer is increased by about 25% more than the assembly efficiency of only 1st layer.

Multi-Layer Structure Design and Simulation for AU Nanorod Assembly

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