Annette Barchanski deals with the question how to design nanoparticles for biomedical research.
She considers properties such as size charge biocompatibility and functionalization of
nanoparticles from a biologist's point of view in order to achieve specific cellular responses.
The author discusses the structure-function relationship of nanoparticle conjugates derived
from a laser-based fabrication method. Both the limits and perspectives of tunable conjugate
functions are presented providing a general outline for researchers to configure
functionalized nanoparticles with a specifically optimized design for biomedical requests e.g.
in biomedical engineering regenerative science and reproductive biology.
