Harnessing the collective properties of nanoparticle ensembles for cancer theranostics

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1719-1730

  Liu, Yi ^a,b   Yin, Jun Jie ^b   Nie, Zhihong ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer theranostics; nanoparticle; self assembly; vesicle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919394397     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0541-9     Document Type: Article

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