High-strength metal nanomagnets for diagnostics and medicine: Carbon shells allow long-term stability and reliable linker chemistry

Nanomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 787-798

  Herrmann, Inge K ^a   Grass, Robert N ^a   Stark, Wendelin J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acid stability; Biomedical applications; Magnetic chemistry; Magnetic properties; Magnetic separation; Nanomagnets; Nanoparticles; Nontoxic; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; COBALT; GOLD; IRON; IRON OXIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; METAL OXIDE; NANOMAGNET; POLYMER; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICINE; CHEMICAL BINDING; DRUG STABILITY; ENCAPSULATION; FORCE; HYDRODYNAMICS BASED TRANSFECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOSTABILITY;

CARBON; DRUG STABILITY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 73549100422     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.09.55     Document Type: Review

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