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Definition of "nanoshell" [nanoshell]

  • A dielectric nanoparticle coated with a very thin metallic shell (noun)

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Use "nanoshell" in a sentence
  • "Instead of taking an injection of insulin, a patient would use a ballpoint-pen-size infrared laser to heat the skin where the nanoshell polymer had been injected."
  • "At Houston's Rice University, where physicist Richard Smalley discovered the fullerene in 1985 (and in 1996 shared the Nobel Prize for his achievement), researchers have developed another platform for nanoscale drug delivery called the nanoshell."
  • "Last year Rice licensed its nanoshell technology to a private company, Nanospectra Biosciences, to develop commercial applications."