PEGylation of zinc nanoparticles amplifies their ability to enhance olfactory responses to odorant.

Olfactory responses are intensely enhanced with the addition of endogenous and engineered primarily-elemental small zinc nanoparticles (NPs). With aging, oxidation of these Zn nanoparticles eliminated the observed enhancement. The design of a polyethylene glycol coating to meet storage requirements...

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Main Authors: Melissa Singletary, Samantha Hagerty, Shin Muramoto, Yasmine Daniels, William A MacCrehan, Gheorghe Stan, June W Lau, Oleg Pustovyy, Ludmila Globa, Edward E Morrison, Iryna Sorokulova, Vitaly Vodyanoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5738065?pdf=render