nanoshuttle
English
Etymology
nano- + shuttle
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /nɑnoʊ ˈ ʃʌtəl/
Noun
nanoshuttle (plural nanoshuttles)
- (chemistry) A nanoparticle assembly, consisting of gold, iron oxide, and polylysine, that carries cargo along a nanoscopic rail
- 2013, Jaramillo Botero, Phosphorus Acids-Advances in Research and Application:
- 7C show a piezoelectric moveable arrangement (nanoshuttle) to control the translocation of ssDNA or ssRNA molecules. In particular, FIG. 7A shows a top view of a piezoelectric nanoshuttle that moves left and right.
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