Metallic nanoparticle block copoloymer vesicles with enhanced optical properties

Nanomaterials

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-30

  Martinez Hurtado, Juan Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Encapsulation; Metallic nanoparticle; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859849160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano1010020     Document Type: Article

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