Dendron to form a conjugate with zinc oxide nanoparticles

• Main Author: Zhu, Yuanzhe.
• Other Authors: Andrew Clive Grimsdale
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48478
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In nanotechnology, nanoparticles are small objects sized between 1 and 100 nm [1]. Evidences showed that zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles of certain scale have specific toxicity towards cancer cells [2]. Apart from its necessary role, excessive release of intracellular free zinc ions (Zn2+) by dissoci...