The curvature of the crystals can also have an effect. The new work adds to this body of research by exploring the role of nanocrystal shape in more detail. In their experiments, Jia and colleagues ...

FISH (Fig. 1a) revealed major hybridization sites irrespective of the type of conjugate (organic or nanocrystal). We were able to detect the centromeres of other human chromosomes with organic ...