Multifunctional iron oxide nanoparticles for diagnostics, therapy and macromolecule delivery

• Main Authors: Yen, Swee Kuan, Padmanabhan, Parasuraman, Selvan, Subramanian Tamil
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103765; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19281
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In recent years, multifunctional nanoparticles (NPs) consisting of either metal (e.g. Au), or magnetic NP (e.g. iron oxide) with other fluorescent components such as quantum dots (QDs) or organic dyes have been emerging as versatile candidate systems for cancer diagnosis, therapy, and macromolecu...