Applications of magnetic nanoparticles in biomedicine

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  Pankhurst, Q A ^a   Connolly, J ^b   Jones, S K ^c   Dobson, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Sirtex Medical Limited   (Australia)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0041846627     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/36/13/201     Document Type: Review

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