• Nanoparticle Dynamics in Composite Hydrogels Exposed to Low-Frequency Focused Ultrasound 

      Einen, Caroline; Price, Sebastian Everard Nordby; Ulvik, Kim; Gjennestad, Magnus Aashammer; Hansen, Rune; Kjelstrup, Signe; Davies, Catharina de Lange (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Pulsed focused ultrasound (FUS) in combination with microbubbles has been shown to improve delivery and penetration of nanoparticles in tumors. To understand the mechanisms behind this treatment, it is important to evaluate ...
    • Nanoparticle Mobility in Pig Small Intestine Mucus (PSIM) - Optimization of Methods used to study Diffusion of Nanoparticles through PSIM, and the Effect of G-block 

      Wien, Ingrid (Master thesis, 2015)
      In this thesis, methods for studying diffusion of nanoparticles through pig small intestine mucus (PSIM) were to be studied and optimized. The nanoparticles used were different types of FluoSpheres® and also rhodamine ...
    • Nanoparticle uptake by brain endothelial cells and focused ultrasound-mediated transport across the blood-brain barrier 

      Baghirov, Habib (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2017:3, Doctoral thesis, 2016)
      More and more people in the world suffer from various brain diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and brain cancer. One of the reasons it is so difficult to treat them is the blood-brain barrier (BBB) ...
    • Nanoparticle-hydrogel composites: From molecular interactions to macroscopic behavior 

      Dannert, Corinna; Stokke, Bjørn Torger; Dias, Rita (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Hydrogels are materials used in a variety of applications, ranging from tissue engineering to drug delivery. The incorporation of nanoparticles to yield composite hydrogels has gained substantial momentum over the years ...
    • Nanoparticle-Mediated Wound Closure of Human Skin 

      Dannert, Corinna (Master thesis, 2018)
      Nye studier tyder på at nanopartikler kan brukes til å lukke sår. Denne metoden kan muligens være både rask og enkel, og lukkede sår kan åpnes og justeres igjen. For at dette skal være mulig må nanopartiklene ha en sterk ...
    • Nanoparticle-stabilized microbubbles for multimodal imaging and drug delivery 

      Mørch, Ýrr Asbjørg; Hansen, Rune; Berg, Sigrid; Åslund, Andreas; Glomm, Wilhelm; Eggen, Siv; Schmid, Ruth; Johnsen, Heidi; Kubowicz, Stephan; Snipstad, Sofie; Sulheim, Einar; Hak, Sjoerd; Singh, Gurvinder; McDonagh, Birgitte Hjelmeland; Blom, Hans; Davies, Ruth Catharina de Lange; Stenstad, Per Martin (Journal article, 2015)
      Microbubbles (MBs) are routinely used as contrast agents for ultrasound imaging. The use of ultrasound in combination with MBs has also attracted attention as a method to enhance drug delivery. We have developed a technology ...
    • Nanoparticles for Wound Closure 

      Sundby, Christian Nordgaard (Master thesis, 2018)
      Studies have shown the potential of the application of nanoparticles in wound closure. In some cases, the nanoparticles have shown to aggregate in the wound, delaying the natural healing processes, which involve cell ...
    • Nanoparticles in dilute solution: Theory and experiments 

      Næss, Stine Nalum (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2004:49, Doctoral thesis, 2004)
      My thesis focuses on nanoparticles in dilute solution. The nanoparticles that interest us the most are biopolymers (DNA, RNA, proteins, and polysaccharides). Biopolymers are molecules of biological origin. Biopolymers are ...
    • Nanoparticles in dilute solution:: A numerical study of rotational diffusion 

      Evensen, Tom Richard (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2008:209, Doctoral thesis, 2008)
    • Nanopartikkel-stabiliserte mikrobobler og fokusert ultrasound for levering av kreftmedisin til tumorer - Karakterisering i den korioallantoiske membran-modellen 

      Bråten, Karoline (Master thesis, 2019)
      Formålet med dette arbeidet var å undersøke oppførselen til nanopartikkel-stabiliserte mikrobobler (NPMBer) når de ble utsatt for pulsert ultralyd (UL) i både normale og kreftutsatte blodkar. Alle NPMB-batcher ble laget ...
    • Nanopartikler og inflammasjon 

      Olsen, Linda Therese (Master thesis, 2013)
      Nano- and submicron particles, inflammation and asthma Inflammation is an underlying condition of many diseases that represent important public health problems ranging from e.g. asthma to cancer. Particle exposure affects ...
    • Nanopatterning and plasmonic properties of plasma sputtered gold on diatom frustules 

      Romann, Julien; Einarsrud, Mari-Ann (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Bio-silica nanostructures from diatoms (called frustules) featuring plasmonic gold nanoparticles (NPs) are elaborated using two methods based on plasma sputtering of gold. The first investigated method uses a thermal ...
    • Nanoporous materials can tune the critical point of a pure substance 

      Braun, Efrem; Chen, Joseph J.; Schnell, Sondre Kvalvåg; Lin, Li-Chiang; Reimer, Jeffrey A.; Smit, Berend (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Molecular simulations and NMR relaxometry experiments demonstrate that pure benzene or xylene confined in isoreticular metal–organic frameworks (IRMOFs) exhibit true vapor–liquid phase equilibria where the effective critical ...
    • Nanoscale Characterisation of Deformed Aluminium Alloys 

      Christiansen, Emil (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:252, Doctoral thesis, 2019)
      Summary: Nanoscale Characterisation of Deformed Aluminium Alloys Abstract Understanding deformation of structures made from aluminium alloys is important for a range of industries. Aluminium producers must know ...
    • Nanoscale characterization of mechanisms for bacterial adhesion to mucosal surfaces 

      Dunker, Karen (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:289, Doctoral thesis, 2023)
      Glycan-based interactions have been the subject of an increasing number of studies in recent years, as their importance in biological systems is becoming more understood. As glycans are present on the majority of cell ...
    • Nanoscale Chemical Analysis of Ferroic Materials and Phenomena 

      Hunnestad, Kasper Aas (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:397, Doctoral thesis, 2023)
      The discovery of new physical phenomena in materials is closely linked to the progress in characterization and is propelled by the ability to observe and study physical processes occurring at the atomic level. Newly ...
    • Nanoscale imaging of shale fragments with coherent X-ray diffraction 

      Chattopadhyay, Basab; Madathiparambil, Aldritt Scaria; Mürer, Fredrik Kristoffer; Cerasi, Pierre; Chushkin, Yuriy; Zontone, Federico; Gibaud, Alain; Breiby, Dag Werner (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Despite the abundance of shales in the Earth’s crust and their industrial and environmental importance, their microscale physical properties are poorly understood, owing to the presence of many structurally related mineral ...
    • Nanoscale Structure and Spectroscopic Probing of Aβ1-40 Fibril Bundle Formation 

      Psonka-Antonczyk, Katarzyna Maria; Hammarström, Per; Johansson, Leif B. G.; Lindgren, Mikael; Stokke, Bjørn Torger; Nilsson, K. Peter R.; Nyström, Sofie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Amyloid plaques composed of fibrillar Amyloid-β (Aβ) are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. However, Aβ fibrils are morphologically heterogeneous. Conformation sensitive luminescent conjugated oligothiophenes (LCOs) are ...
    • Nanoscopic and Photonic Ultrastructural Characterization of Two Distinct Insulin Amyloid States 

      Psonka-Antonczyk, Katarzyna Maria; Duboisset, Julien; Stokke, Bjørn Torger; Zako, Tamotsu; Kobayashi, Takahiro; Maeda, Mizuo; Nyström, Sofie; Mason, Jeffrey; Hammarström, Per; Nilsson, K. Peter R.; Lindgren, Mikael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Two different conformational isoforms or amyloid strains of insulin with different cytotoxic capacity have been described previously. Herein these filamentous and fibrillar amyloid states of insulin were investigated using ...
    • Nanosized Cellulose Fibrils as Stabilizer of Emulsions 

      Xhanari, Klodian (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2011:7, Doctoral thesis, 2011)
      Pickering emulsions have been a subject of research for many years due to their practical applications not only in everyday life products but also in industry. The stability of these emulsions is due to the irreversible ...