Abstract: Embodiments of nanoparticle systems and methods of producing nanoparticle systems configured to target particular cellular activity in an animal or human including a signaling pathway expression of mammal cellular activity and treat cells producing the targeted cellular activity by exposing the nanoparticle system to electromagnetic radiation in a predetermined range of wavelengths. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: Embodiments of nanoparticle systems and methods of producing nanoparticle systems configured to target particular cellular activity in an animal or human including a signaling pathway expression of mammal cellular activity and treat cells producing the targeted cellular activity by exposing the nanoparticle system to electromagnetic radiation in a predetermined range of wavelengths. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising nanorods and methods of making and using the same. The inclusion of nanorods can enhance the thermal conductivity of a heat-transfer medium.

Abstract: The present invention provides nanoshell particles (“nanoshells”) for use in biosensing applications, along with their manner of making and methods of using the nanoshells for in vitro and in vivo detection of chemical and biological analytes, preferably by surface enhanced Raman light scattering. The preferred particles have a non-conducting core and a metal shell surrounding the core. For given core and shell materials, the ratio of the thickness (i.e., radius) of the core to the thickness of the metal shell is determinative of the wavelength of maximum absorbance of the particle. By controlling the relative core and shell thicknesses, biosensing metal nanoshells are fabricated which absorb light at any desired wavelength across the ultraviolet to infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum. The surface of the particles are capable of inducing an enhanced SERS signal that is characteristic of an analyte of interest.