How to Use nanoparticle in a Sentence
nanoparticle
noun-
That nanoparticle with the spikes on top is the first part of the vaccine.
— Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 22 June 2020 -
The color of the glass came from the nanoparticles of copper chloride.
— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Oct. 2023 -
The key invention in the case is the arrangement of four lipids that make up the shell of the vaccine’s nanoparticle.
— Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022 -
Lipid nanoparticle is a fancy name for tiny ball of fat.
— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 18 June 2021 -
More than 2,000 nanoparticles could fit inside of a red blood cell.
— Erika Hayasaki, Newsweek, 21 July 2015 -
The difference is that current gold nanoparticles are 3D and the atoms comprise the bulk.
— Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Aug. 2019 -
The second nanoparticle is clad in bits of proteins that bind to fibrin.
— Valerie Ross, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2011 -
The reason is that our spines are packed densely on the nanoparticle’s surface.
— Scientific American, 25 Dec. 2019 -
The scientists then put the spikes on top of a very small particle called a nanoparticle.
— Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 22 June 2020 -
Due to the type of analysis used, the study was not able to look for nanoparticles, which are 1,000th the average width of a human hair.
— Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024 -
Holding a nanoparticle this tightly in a single spot is just the start.
— Quanta Magazine, 18 Aug. 2021 -
The mRNA is wrapped in a lipid nanoparticle that protects it from breaking down.
— Hal Dardick, chicagotribune.com, 9 Mar. 2021 -
Though the dots’ glow eventually fades, the nanoparticles stick around for good.
— Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 18 Dec. 2019 -
Mullin: Their vaccine is known as a spike ferritin nanoparticle, or SpFN for short.
— Emily Mullin, Scientific American, 9 June 2021 -
The gold came in the form of either a solution of gold chloride ions or a suspension of gold nanoparticles.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2024 -
The ionizable cationic lipid is the linchpin of a nanoparticle.
— Christopher Rowland, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2021 -
So Walls went back to work, designing a new and improved nanoparticle.
— Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 27 June 2021 -
Naik says the Japanese team chose the right material and nanoparticle size to achieve this feat.
— IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2022 -
If the expansion is strong enough, the nanoparticle will boil the water around it and create vapor bubbles.
— Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2022 -
To solve this problem, a group of researchers used a nanoparticle that was doped with ytterbium (a rare-earth metal).
— Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2018 -
Hsu and his team analyzed a class of dust nanoparticles in this outermost ring.
— William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 11 Mar. 2015 -
Aware of Doctor’s interests, Pan cold called him to discuss the nanoparticle work.
— Byandrew Zaleski, science.org, 3 July 2024 -
To get a naked strand of mRNA inside a cell, scientists have learned to encase it in a package called a lipid nanoparticle.
— Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2020 -
The team created nanoparticles that were 5, 2 and 1.4 nanometers wide.
— Quanta Magazine, 3 Sep. 2019 -
The liquid sits on a microscope slide like a small puddle with a canal running through it, propped up by a nanoparticle membrane.
— Wired, 9 Sep. 2019 -
To this end, the team worked to create especially tiny nanoparticles.
— Quanta Magazine, 3 Sep. 2019 -
The nanoparticles bound to the photoreceptors of the mice's eyes and provided night vision for up to 10 weeks without any ill effects.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Sep. 2019 -
With a slight dip in temperature, the polymer becomes a liquid, which soaks into the wood and carries the nanoparticles with it.
— Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2018 -
Few studies have been conducted on humans, but some evidence suggests that curcumin nanoparticles may slow the growth of cancer cells.
— Courtney Southwick, Health, 9 July 2024 -
It’s based on a material called bioactive glass, which is made up of nanoparticles of glass mixed with metals, and has shown promise in strong, antibacterial dental fillings and bone implants.
— Michael Irving, New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2024
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