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SUBMITTER: Wang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4069361 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Wei W Li Sixing S Mair Lamar L Ahmed Suzanne S Huang Tony Jun TJ Mallouk Thomas E TE
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20140301 12
The ultrasonic propulsion of rod-shaped nanomotors inside living HeLa cells is demonstrated. These nanomotors (gold rods about 300 nm in diameter and about 3 mm long) attach strongly to the external surface of the cells, and are readily internalized by incubation with the cells for periods longer than 24 h. Once inside the cells, the nanorod motors can be activated by resonant ultrasound operating at 4 MHz, and show axial propulsion as well as spinning. The intracellular propulsion does not invo ...[more]