A diamond nanoneedle array for potential high-throughput intracellular delivery.

Chen, Xianfeng; Zhu, Guangyu; Yang, Yang; Wang, Beilei; Yan, Li; Zhang, Kenneth Yin; Lo, Kenneth Kam-Wing; Zhang, Wenjun · Adv Healthc Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A dense diamond nanoneedle array is capable of rapidly and conveniently delivering fluorescent probe and drug molecules to a large number of cells. This simple approach paves the way for potential high-throughput delivery of genes, drugs, and fluorescent probes into cells without endocytosis.

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