Nanoparticle Applications & Product Selection Guide

In search of nanoparticles for your next project? Let us help you select the perfect product!

Lateral Flow & Diagnostics Antimicrobials Nanomedicine & Drug Delivery Photothermal Therapy Plasmonics & Sensing

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Experience the nanoComposix Advantage

• Quality: Every material we make is precisely engineered, highly characterized, and provided with a batch-specific suite of characterization data for quality you trust.
• Affordable: Standard products are offered at budget-friendly prices for projects large & small.
• Rapid Delivery: Standard products typically ship within a few days of order placement. Anticipated lead times specified on individual product pages.
• Technical Expertise: Benefit from the support & expertise of our scientific team who engineer these particles and use them daily for internal development projects.

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Lateral Flow & Diagnostics

Benefits of Gold Nanoparticles as Lateral Flow Reporters

• Gold nanoparticles are very strong light absorbers and yield highly colored test lines to facilitate qualitative, semi-quantitative, or quantitative analysis.
• The gold surface strongly binds antibodies and other proteins, enabling simple fabrication of robust nanoparticle-antibody conjugates.
• Nanoparticles flow easily through the membrane, providing ample opportunity for binding to the test line.

Advantages of nanoComposix Gold for Lateral Flow

• Quality: Precisely engineered nanoparticles & surfaces facilitate reliable conjugates for optimal signal intensity.
• Multiple Surface Types: Everything you need for your passive or covalent conjugation needs.
• Flexible Particle Options:
  • Gold Nanospheres — A classic, reliable reporter probe. Offered as 40 nm & 80 nm particles.
  • Gold Nanoshells — Ultra-bright reporter probe that offers up to 20× increased sensitivity. Learn more about the Gold Nanoshell advantage >
• One-Stop Shop: We provide protocols, expert technical support, and conjugation kits including everything you need to develop your own lateral flow assays.

Read more about Reporter Nanoparticle Selection.
Need lateral flow assay development support? See how nanoComposix can help!

+ Gold Nanospheres for Lateral Flow

+ Gold Nanoshells for Enhanced Sensitivity

+ All-in-One Kits for Covalent Conjugation

 

Antimicrobials

Benefits of Silver Nanoparticles for Antimicrobial Use

• Silver ions are an effective antimicrobial and have low toxicity for humans.
• Silver is often used in wound dressings, packaging materials, and anti-fouling surface coatings.

Advantages of nanoComposix Silver for Antimicrobials

• Quality: Our silver products are precisely sized and highly purified with flexible surface coatings to enable research studies or incorporation into devices and products.
• Proven Utility: Preliminary testing demonstrates 3–4 log reductions in E. coli using 20–50 ppm of our large (75–110 nm) Econix Ag. More results coming soon!

+ Silver Nanoparticles for Antimicrobials

 

Nanomedicine & Drug Delivery

BioPure Product Line for Nanomedicine

• Extensively washed to remove 99.99% of residual reactants.
• Guaranteed sterile and with endotoxin levels below 2.5 EU/mL for most sizes.
• Highly concentrated at 1 mg/mL to allow for administration of small volumes or easy dilution into your system.

Benefits of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery

• Porous interiors to accommodate large biomolecular cargo.
• Surface chemistry can be easily modified for targeted cargo delivery.
• Biocompatible & generally regarded as safe by the FDA.

Advantages of nanoComposix Materials for Nanomedicinal Applications

• Quality: Engineered with narrow size distributions & aggregation-free for excellent control over adsorption & release of biomolecular cargo.
• Flexible Options: A broad range of surfaces & material types available as off-the-shelf surface options.
• Proven Utility: See how our Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles are being put to use in the fight against HIV >

+ Mesoporous Silica Vehicles for Drug Delivery

+ BioPure Particles for Nanomedicine

 

Photothermal Therapy

Benefits of Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Photothermal Therapy

• NIR absorbing nanoparticles capture light that penetrates deep into biological tissues without causing damage to the surrounding tissue.
• Ability to efficiently convert light energy into heat energy for localized, targeted therapy with extraordinary spatial selectivity.
• Nanoparticle surfaces can be functionalized for targeted association with biomolecules of interest and can be engineered to target tumors and cancerous cells.

Advantages of nanoComposix Materials for Photothermal Therapy

• Targeted: Our nanoparticles have plasmons tuned to match popular laser wavelengths including 660, 800, 980, and 1064 nm. Most are available with carboxyl groups on the surface to facilitate conjugation to biomolecules with free amines.
• Scaleable: Our plasmonic materials can be manufactured under ISO13485 and GMP quality conditions to produce biocompatible, sterile, low-endotoxin materials suitable for clinical trials.
• Proven Utility: See how our materials are being used for acne treatment and to rapidly thaw frozen zebrafish embryos.
• Customizable: Learn about our magnetic-plasmonic nanoparticles and custom synthesis capabilities.

+ Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Photothermal Therapy

 

Plasmonics & Sensing

Benefits of Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Sensing Technologies

• Plasmonic metal nanoparticles – including gold, silver, and platinum – are highly efficient at absorbing and scattering light.
• The size, shape, and composition of nanoparticles can be adjusted to tune the color from the ultraviolet through the visible to the near-infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Advantages of nanoComposix Plasmonic Nanoparticles

• Quality: Our nanoparticles are engineered with precise control over size & shape to yield uniform particles with the utmost color purity.
• Multiple Options: We offer a variety of plasmonic materials with different surface options and under different product lines. Use the table below to help you select which product is right for your project.

+ Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Sensing Technologies

Material	Shape	Surface	Size*	Resonance*	Product Line	Pricing	View Products
Gold	Nanosphere	Bare (Citrate)	5–100 nm	515–570 nm	BioPure NanoXact	Starts at $215 Starts at $60	Visit Shop Visit Shop
Gold	Nanosphere	Silver Shell + Bare (Citrate)	20–80 nm	400–500 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $265	Visit Shop
Gold	Nanosphere	Aminated (BPEI)	5–100 nm	515–570 nm	BioPure	Starts at $265	Visit Shop
Gold	Nanosphere	Silica Shell (Aminated)	20–100 nm	525–590 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $265	Visit Shop
Gold	Nanosphere	Carboxyl (Lipoic Acid)	5–100 nm	515–570 nm	BioPure	Starts at $265	Visit Shop
Gold	Nanosphere	PEG-Carboxyl	10–100 nm	520–570 nm	Ultra Uniform	Starts at $75	Visit Shop
Gold	Nanosphere	Dodecanethiol	2–5 nm	515–520 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $125	Visit Shop
Gold	Nanosphere	PEG	5–100 nm	515–570 nm	BioPure	Starts at $265	Visit Shop
Gold	Nanosphere	Polystyrene	10–100 nm	530–590 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $395	Visit Shop
Gold	Nanosphere	PVP	5–100 nm 5–100 nm 15–75 nm	520–570 nm 520–570 nm 525–550 nm	BioPure NanoXact Econix	Starts at $265 Starts at $155 Starts at $100	Visit Shop Visit Shop Visit Shop
Gold	Nanosphere	Silica Shell	60–140 nm	530–590 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $265	Visit Shop
Gold	Nanosphere	Tannic Acid	5–100 nm	515–570 nm	BioPure	Starts at $265	Visit Shop
Gold	Nanorod	Bare (Citrate)	40 nm × 15 nm 55 nm × 15 nm 80 nm × 15 nm	660 nm 800 nm 980 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $80	Visit Shop
Gold	Nanorod	PEG	40 nm × 15 nm 55 nm × 15 nm	660 nm 800 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $250	Visit Shop
Gold	Nanorod	PEG-Carboxyl	40 nm × 15 nm 55 nm × 15 nm	660 nm 800 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $250	Visit Shop
Gold	Nanoshell	Carboxyl (Lipoic Acid)	120 nm 160 nm 240 nm	660 nm 800 nm 980 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $95	Visit Shop
Gold	Nanoshell	PEG	120 nm 160 nm 240 nm	660 nm 800 nm 980 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $95	Visit Shop
Gold	Nanoshell	PVP	120 nm 160 nm 240 nm	660 nm 800 nm 980 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $95	Visit Shop
Platinum	Nanoparticle	Bare (Citrate)	5–70 nm	250–350 nm	BioPure NanoXact	Starts at $215 Starts at $90	Visit Shop Visit Shop
Silver	Nanosphere	Bare (Citrate)	5–200 nm	400–500 nm	BioPure NanoXact	Starts at $215 Starts at $60	Visit Shop Visit Shop
Silver	Nanosphere	Aminated (BPEI)	40–200 nm	415–500 nm	BioPure	Starts at $265	Visit Shop
Silver	Nanosphere	Silica Shell (Aminated)	50–100 nm	450–480 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $275	Visit Shop
Silver	Nanosphere	Carboxyl (Lipoic Acid)	40–200 nm	415–500 nm	BioPure	Starts at $265	Visit Shop
Silver	Nanosphere	Dodecanethiol	4 nm	425 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $125	Visit Shop
Silver	Nanosphere	PEG	40–200 nm	415–500 nm	BioPure	Starts at $265	Visit Shop
Silver	Nanosphere	PVP	5–200 nm 5–200 nm 5–110 nm	400–500 nm 400–500 nm 400–480 nm	BioPure NanoXact Econix	Starts at $265 Starts at $155 Starts at $95	Visit Shop Visit Shop Visit Shop
Silver	Nanosphere	Silica Shell	50–100 nm	450–480 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $275	Visit Shop
Silver	Nanocube	PVP	55–100 nm	470–560 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $340	Visit Shop
Silver	Nanoplate	PVP Silica Shell	40 nm 70 nm 100 nm 150 nm	660 nm 800 nm 980 nm 1064 nm	NanoXact	Starts at $70 Starts at $265	Visit Shop Visit Shop

*Refer to product page for exact product specifications.

 

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