AcZon’s Versatile Nanoparticle Technology

AcZon’s nanoparticle-based technology faithfully reflects the versatility of nanotechnology itself. As it is a relatively young technology, only part of its huge possibilities has been explored. Remaining in the life sciences field, there are great expectations on the possibility to employ this tool in molecular biology analyses such as fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), in high resolution STED or as cellular tracer.

Moving to a more fascinating field, the theragnostic, the versatility of this technology might allow the possibility to contemporary deliver and monitor the fate of active principles driven by a targeting molecule directly on the site of action as in the prototype NanoCarrier.

The possibility offered by this technology, after appropriate changes, wanders in different fields other than biomedicine. Corsini and colleagues employed different kinds of fluorescent silica nanoparticles as luminescent solar concentrators for the photovoltaic field. Pazini and her team synthesized core-shell silica nanoparticles as tracers in transport studies of nanofluids containing surfactants or, as in the study of Otero-González to understand the fate of NPs during wastewater treatment.

The few lines above are just a non-exhaustive overview: nanoparticle properties have created a variety of innovative applications even in the fields of cosmetics, electronics, agriculture, chemical catalysis, food industry, paints and coatings.