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Nature Nanotechnology 3, 131–132 (1 March 2008) | doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.46

Nanogeometry: Beyond drug delivery

Mauro Ferrari

Nanotechnology offers opportunities to interface with biology in new ways and with unprecedented precision. Moreover, the size of nanoparticles is becoming an important variable that affects the way they enter cells and how they influence the cell functions, as is illustrated by research reported by Warren Chan and colleagues from the University of Toronto on page 145 of this issue.