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Nanodiamonds have excellent mechanical and optical properties, high surface areas and tunable surface structures. This article reviews the synthesis of nanodiamonds and their use in a variety of applications including drug delivery, tissue engineering and nanocomposites.
DNA molecules have been used to build a variety of novel nanoscale structures and devices over the past 30 years. This article reviews the challenges facing the field of structural DNA nanotechnology and outlines promising potential applications in areas such as molecular and cellular biophysics, energy transfer and photonics, and diagnostics and therapeutics for human health.
Recent advances suggest that nanopore-based sensors may be able to sequence the human genome for under $1,000. This article reviews the use of nanopore technology in DNA sequencing, genetics and medical diagnostics.
Amyloid materials are a class of fibrillar nanostructures that have been associated with neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. This article reviews the functional and pathological roles of amyloid structures and discusses how insights to the assembly of these proteinaceous filaments can shed light on the design of multiscale biomaterials.
Nanomechanical devices have the potential to probe biological processes at the level of single cells and individual molecules. This article reviews the issues that will be critical to the success of next-generation mechanical biosensors.
