Biomedical breakthrough: Carbon nanoparticles you can make at home
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 12:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers have found an easy way to produce carbon nanoparticles that are small enough to evade the body's immune system, reflect light in the near-infrared range for easy detection, and carry payloads of pharmaceutical drugs to targeted tissues. The new approach generates the particles in a few hours and uses only a handful of ingredients, including store-bought molasses.