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25. Hodak JH, Henglein A, Hartland GV (2001) Tuning the spectral and temporal response in Pt/
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26. Hughes MP (2002) Dielectrophoretic behavior of latex nanospheres: low-frequency dispersion. J Colloid Interface Sci 250:291–294
27. Xu XJ, Chow PY, Gan LM (2002) Nanoparticles of latexes from commercial polystyrene.
J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2:61–65
28. Patra A, Koenen JM, Scherf U (2011) Fluorescent nanoparticles based on a microporous
organic polymer network: fabrication and efficient energy transfer to surface-bound dyes.
Chem Commun 47:9612–9614
29. Brust M, Kiely CJ (2002) Some recent advances in nanostructure preparation from gold and
silver particles: a short topical review. Colloid Surf A 202:175–186
30. Lue JT (2001) A review of characterization and physical property studies of metallic
nanoparticles. J Phys Chem Solids 62:1599–1612
31. Bo ¨nnemann H, Richards RM (2001) Nanoscopic metal particles—synthetic methods and
potential applications. Eur J Inorg Chem 10:2455–2480
32. Sun S, Murray CB, Weller O, Falks L, Moser A (2000) Monodisperse FePt nanoparticles and
ferromagnetic FePt nanocrystal superlattices. Science 287:1989–1992
33. Kamat PV (2002) Photophysical, photochemical and photocatalytic aspects of metal
nanoparticles. J Phys Chem B 106:7729–7744
34. Zheng Z, Yang M, Zhang B (2008) Reversible nanopatterning on self-assembled monolayers
on gold. J Phys Chem C 112:6597–6604
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delivery. Prog Polym Sci 32:962–990
13. Mitragotri S, Lahann J (2009) Physical approaches to biomaterial design. Nat Mater 8:15–23
14. Ydens I, Degee P, Nouvel C, Dellacherie E, Six JL, Dubois P (2005) Surfactant-free stable
nanoparticles from biodegradable and amphiphilic poly(E caprolactone)-grafted dextran
copolymers. e-Polymers 46:1–11
15. Csaba N, Koping-Hoggard M, Fernandez-Megia E, Novoa-Carballal R, Riguera R, Alonso MJ
(2009) Ionically crosslinked chitosan nanoparticles as gene delivery systems: effect of
PEGylation degree on in vitro and in vivo gene transfer. J Biomed Nanotechnol 5:162–171
16. Dutta J, Dutta PK (2005) Chitosan a material for 21st century. In: Dutta PK (ed) Chitin and
chitosan: opportunities and challenges. SSM Intl. Publication, Contai, pp 1–34
17. Kickelbick G, Schubert U (2003) Organic functionalization of metal oxide nanoparticles. In:
Baraton MI (ed) Synthesis, functionalization and surface treatment of nanoparticles. American Scientific Publishers, Stevenson Ranch, p 91
18. Grancharov SG, Zeng H, Sun S, Wang SX, O’Brien S, Murray CB, Kirtley JR, Held GA
(2005) Bio-functionalization of monodisperse magnetic nanoparticles and their use as biomolecular labels in a magnetic tunnel junction based sensor. J Phys Chem B
109:13030–13035
19. Doty RC, Tshikhudo TR, Brust M, Fernig DG (2005) Extremely stable water-soluble Ag
nanoparticles. Chem Mater 17:4630–4635
20. Gao J, Gu H, Xu B (2009) Multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles: Design, synthesis, and
biomedical applications. Accounts of Chemical Research 42:1097–1107
21. Trindade T, O’Brien P, Pickett NL (2001) Nanocrystalline semiconductors: synthesis,
properties, and perspectives. Chem Mater 13:3843–3858
22. Grieve K, Mulvaney P, Grieser F (2000) Synthesis and electronic properties of semiconductor
nanoparticles/quantum dots. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 5:168–172
23. Nedeljkovic JM (2000) Nanoengineering of inorganic and hybrid composites. Trends Adv
Mater Processes Mater Sci Forum 352:79–85
24. Farmer SC, Patten TE (2001) Photoluminescent polymer/quantum dot composite
nanoparticles. Chem Mater 13:3920–3926
25. Hodak JH, Henglein A, Hartland GV (2001) Tuning the spectral and temporal response in Pt/
Au coreshell nanoparticles. J Chem Phys 114:2760–2765
26. Hughes MP (2002) Dielectrophoretic behavior of latex nanospheres: low-frequency dispersion. J Colloid Interface Sci 250:291–294
27. Xu XJ, Chow PY, Gan LM (2002) Nanoparticles of latexes from commercial polystyrene.
J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2:61–65
28. Patra A, Koenen JM, Scherf U (2011) Fluorescent nanoparticles based on a microporous
organic polymer network: fabrication and efficient energy transfer to surface-bound dyes.
Chem Commun 47:9612–9614
29. Brust M, Kiely CJ (2002) Some recent advances in nanostructure preparation from gold and
silver particles: a short topical review. Colloid Surf A 202:175–186
30. Lue JT (2001) A review of characterization and physical property studies of metallic
nanoparticles. J Phys Chem Solids 62:1599–1612
31. Bo ¨nnemann H, Richards RM (2001) Nanoscopic metal particles—synthetic methods and
potential applications. Eur J Inorg Chem 10:2455–2480
32. Sun S, Murray CB, Weller O, Falks L, Moser A (2000) Monodisperse FePt nanoparticles and
ferromagnetic FePt nanocrystal superlattices. Science 287:1989–1992
33. Kamat PV (2002) Photophysical, photochemical and photocatalytic aspects of metal
nanoparticles. J Phys Chem B 106:7729–7744
34. Zheng Z, Yang M, Zhang B (2008) Reversible nanopatterning on self-assembled monolayers
on gold. J Phys Chem C 112:6597–6604
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41