Template synthesis of test tube nanoparticles using nondestructive replication

Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Nano test tubes are a promising delivery vehicle for a range of therapeutics including small molecule drugs and biologics. However, current template synthesis methods of producing nano test tubes are prohibitively expensive and time consuming. In this study non-destructive template replication was used to increase nano test tube yield from porous alumina by more than a hundredfold. These nano test tubes should find application as delivery vehicles for therapeutics, particularly for processive “bionanoreactors” loaded with enzymes.