Computer simulation of a novel pharmaceutical silicon nanocarrier

Abstract

We show the potential of the nanosilicon structure of the frustules of a typical diatom, Cymatopleura sp., as a new vehicle for drugs. The basic diatom nanostructure is a lattice of SiO₂, and computerized methods in a dock project have identified the most likely and the best drug types to load into such a structure.

Keywords:

• diatom
• docking
• artificial neural network
• simulation
• computerized ethods

Disclosure

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.