Nanodevice design

A wide range of successful applications of polymer-modified electrodes [7,8] to electroanalysis [8], electrocatalysis [5,9-11], photoelectrochemistry [12], and solar energy conversion [13,14] have given impetus to develop these kinds of modified electrodes. A polymer film confining functional molecules is one of the most attractive new nanodevice design materials. The under-... 

We demonstrated that the morphology of nanostructures, electrochemical, and photoelectrochemical properties in the electrodes modified with nanodusters of Qo can be controlled by applying a strong magnetic field. The present study provides useful information for designing novel nanodevices whose photofunctions can be controlled by a magnetic field. 

De Novo Design Approach Based on Nanorecognition Functional Molecules/Materials and Nanosensors/Nanodevices... 

Fig. 9 Two alternative designs for a dendritic nanodevice cancer therapeutic. Configuration 1 is a therapeutic agent built around a single dendrimer molecule (70 A in diameter). Configuration 2 is a cluster reagent where multiple dendrimers are clustered together, each providing a different functional unit (approx. 200 A in diameter). The advantage to this latter approach is that functional units can be mixed and matched in a combinatory method to address almost any type of cancer. (From Ref., 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers.)...

Quintana A, Raczka E, Piehler L, et al. Design and function of a dendrimer-based therapeutic nanodevice targeted to tumor cells through the folate receptor. Pharm Res 2002 19 1310-1316. 

The design of molecular batteries for molecular electronics will also allow engineering nanoprocesses, and this aspect has a promising future, as do optical and magnetic nanodevices.2c... 

The inspiration to use metals to form complex architectures has led to the captivating and attractive design of nanodevices including a photochemically driven molecular machine [30]. Coordination chemistry [31] has also been extensively used for the construction of dendrimers and has allowed the incorporation of metals including Zn and lanthanides in these unimolecular macrostructures to form emissive compounds. A global review of these architectures is provided below. 

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