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Investigation of Nanodiamonds intracellular transport by Nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) (CAT#: STEM-MB-0745-WXH)

Introduction

A nanodiamond is a diamond particle with a size in the nanometer range or one-millionth of a millimeter. Nanodiamonds are made of a diamond core and outer layers of amorphous carbon. The shape, core, and surface are the most critical aspects of the structure of nanodiamonds. Nanodiamonds can be used as antimicrobial agents due to some of their properties including size, shape, and biocompatibility, which make them highly suitable for the development of efficient and tailored nanotherapies, including vaccines or drug delivery systems.




Principle

Nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) is a method for visualizing and analyzing particles in liquids that relates the rate of Brownian motion to particle size. The rate of movement is related only to the viscosity and temperature of the liquid; it is not influenced by particle density or refractive index. NTA allows the determination of a size distribution profile of small particles with a diameter of approximately 10-1000 nanometers (nm) in liquid suspension.

Applications

NTA has been used by commercial, academic, and government laboratories working with nanoparticle toxicology, drug delivery, exosomes, microvesicles, bacterial membrane vesicles, and other small biological particles, virology and vaccine production, ecotoxicology, protein aggregation, orthopedic implants, inks and pigments, and nanobubbles.

Procedure

1. Sample preparation
2. Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis
3. NTA Data Processing, Display, and Interpretation

Materials

• Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) instrument
• NanoSight instrument
• Nanoparticle Analyzer
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