The Advantage of Smaller Nanoparticles (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

The Advantage of Smaller Nanoparticles

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Nanoparticles are typically too big to permeate some types of tissues (top). The researchers' new nanomachine is much smaller so can pass through these tissues (bottom).

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© 2019 Kanjiro Miyata

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