Published in Chemistry World, 22 May 2009
Researchers in the US have created a ‘fountain pen’ probe that can pattern nanodiamonds at high resolution and inject them into single cells. The probe could be used as a research and development tool for creating nanodiamond devices and exploring the effect of single cells carrying medical drugs.
Nanodiamonds have several unique properties that make them attractive in biomedicine: they have a high surface area for their volume, they are bio-compatible, and – although no-one is quite sure how – they are able to steadily release drugs that have been attached to them. […]
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