Nanobiotechnology

News and Updates

NIST Publishes a Beginner’s Guide to DNA Origami

January 8, 2021

In a technique known as DNA origami, researchers fold long strands of DNA over and over again to construct a variety of tiny 3D structures, including miniature

A new twist on measuring spin: NIST Develops Microresonator to Study Electron Spin in Small Volumes

November 17, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a device to detect a quantum property of electrons, known as spin, in

NIST Scientists Get Soft on 3D Printing

September 22, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method of 3D-printing gels and other soft materials. Published in

Projects and Programs

PTIR combines the spatial resolution of AFM with the specificity of absorption spectroscopy

Nano-Chemical Imaging and -Spectroscopy (IR, nIR, VIS)

Conventional techniques for analyzing chemical composition, such as infrared (IR) microscopy often miss critically important nanoscale details. To overcome this

Video microscopic image - Rotation and translation.

Control of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Nanoscale Manipulation of Fluids and Materials (Archived)

Scientists and engineers currently have a growing library of synthetic microscale and nanoscale swimmers which affect the hydrodynamics of their surroundings in

Controlling Microfluidic Cell Cultures

NIST has taken advantage of recent technological advances to develop polymer microfluidic cell culture systems that provide a level of control over the cellular

Nanometrology: Composition and Structure of Nanomaterials

Advances in methods, instrumentation and analysis protocols are developed to enhance measurement science capabilities in nanomaterial elemental and

Publications

Nanopore sensing: a physical-chemical approach

September 1, 2021

Author(s)

Joseph W. Robertson, Madhav Ghimire, Joseph Reiner

Protein nanopores have emerged as an important class of sensor, for the understanding of biophysical processes, such as molecular transport across membranes

Dynamic light scattering distributions by any means

May 21, 2021

Author(s)

Natalia Farkas, John A. Kramar

Dynamic light scattering (DLS) is an essential technique for nanoparticle size analysis and has been employed extensively for decades, but despite its long

Laser-based temperature control to study the roles of entropy and enthalpy in polymer-nanopore interactions

April 21, 2021

Author(s)

Christopher Angevine, Joseph W. Robertson, Amala Dass, Joseph E. Reiner

Optimal Field-Effect Transistor Operation for High-Resolution Biochemical Measurements

March 23, 2021

Author(s)

Son T. Le, Seulki Cho, Curt A. Richter, Arvind K. Balijepalli

Field-effect transistors (FETs) are a powerful tool for sensitive measurements of numerous biomarkers (e.g., proteins, nucleic acids, antigen, etc.) and gaseous