Astounding Range Of Uses Of Silica Nanoparticles!

Materials of small dimension can be used in many potential applications. That is why nano technology has currently revolutionized the world. They start possessing unique properties with which, the researchers can control their structure and composition. Thus any product in its nanometer range can possess a very good compatible role.

Some of the metals and other minerals that are converted to nano form can be used in bio-tech studies. One of them is the silica nanoparticles that are so much ideal cancer therapy. Today, the rate of cancer patients has increased and so has the treatments, thanks to bio-medicines. This product particularly, promise in targeting the infected cells and inject anti-cancer drugs. Thus, only the cancer cells are removed and the other cells are kept untouched.

This process is carried on in a chemotherapy for a cancer patient.

They key criteria of biomedical science is to offer applications that help in targeting and delivering drugs to the specific cells. These particles are in fact porous and non-toxic and their structures have the right potential to become a biocompatible vehicle especially in the intercellular delivery. This is used for mainly sending active medicine.

Besides, the possibility of increasing the size of the particle can lead to changes in the stability of the system. So, researchers worked out direct and indirect methods to make sure that the system is stable throughout even after the particle is subjected to change in size externally. It was after 2009, that the product is known to help remarkably in the cell specificity in cancer therapy.

There are two major properties of these silica nanoparticles that has led them to be used as drug delivery. First of all, they evade easily for surveillance mechanism. This is a mechanism that helps in removing foreign materials from the body. Thus, the nano particle gets accumulated in the tumor and helps in removing it completely.

The word Teflon is kind of well-known to many people now. This brand is in fact created a revolution. It is made of silica nanoparticles. The non-stickiness of Teflon is possible with the help of its water repellent property which is a property of this particle. Thus, for manufacturing of any non-stick utensils, silica is ideal. Not only in making pans, it is also used in dry lubrication for machinery components.

There are plenty of machine components from kitchen tools to mining tools. And there are many biomedical tools. This particular particle is used in the making of these components. Wherever there is a need for low-friction and to reduce the wear on polymer, this particle is ideal to use. In this process, thin films of the poly tetra fluro ethylene (PTFE) were treated with these silica particles and this helped significantly to reduce the wear. Thus, it helps machines to work for a longer duration. Thus the operation becomes significantly efficient.

In the FBI department, weaponized anthrax are used for various purposes and these are actually a product that are coated with these nano silica particles. This helps in the investigation process.