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functionalized gold nanoparticles with pH-responsive polymer by combination of RAFT and
click chemistry. Eur Polym J 45:1625–1633
78. Xu S, Tu G, Peng B, Han X (2006) Self-assembling GNPs on thiol-functionalized poly
(styrene C-CO-arylic acid) nanospheres for fabrication of a mediatorless biosensors. Anal
Chim Acta 570:151–157
79. Aryal S, Remant Bahadur KC, Bhattarai N, Lee BM, Kim HY (2006) Stablization of GNPs by
thiol Functionalized poly (E-caprolactone) for the labeling of PCL biocarrier. Mater Chem
Phys 98:463–469
80. Zhao H, Kang X, Liu L (2005) CombÀcoil polymer brushes on the surface of silica
nanoparticles. Macromolecules 38:10619–10622
81. Luo S, Xu J, Zhu Z, Wu C, Liu S (2006) Phase transition behavior of unimolecular
micelles with thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) coronas. J Phys Chem B
110:9132–9139
82. De M, Ghosh PS, Rotello VM (2008) Applications of nanoparticles in biology. Adv Mater
20:4225–4241
83. Jun YW, Lee JH, Cheon J (2008) Chemical design of nanoparticle probes for highperformance magnetic resonance imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed 47:5122–5135
84. Laurent S, Forge D, Port M, Roch A, Robic C, Vander Elst L, Robert N (2008) Muller
magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles: synthesis, stabilization, vectorization, physicochemical
characterizations, and biological applications. Chem Rev 108:2064–2110
85. Chin AB, Yaacob II (2007) Synthesis and characterization of magnetic iron oxide
nanoparticles via w/o microemulsion and Massart’s procedure. J Mater Process Technol
191:235–237
86. Albornoz C, Jacobo SE (2006) Preparation of a biocompatible magnetic film from an aqueous
ferrofluid. J Magn Magn Mater 305:12–15
87. Kim EH, Lee HS, Kwak BK, Kim BK (2005) Synthesis of ferrofluid with magnetic
nanoparticles by sonochemical method for MRI contrast agent. J Magn Magn Mater
289:328–330
88. Wan J, Chen X, Wang Z, Yang X, Qian Y (2005) A soft-template-assisted hydrothermal
approach to single-crystal Fe 3 O 4 nanorods. J Cryst Growth 276:571–576
89. Kimata M, Nakagawa D, Hasegawa M (2003) Preparation of monodisperse magnetic
particles by hydrolysis of iron alkoxide. Powder Technol 132:112–118
90. Alvarez GS, Muhammed M, Zagorodni AA (2006) Novel flow injection synthesis of iron
oxide nanoparticles with narrow size distribution. Chem Eng Sci 61:4625–4633
91. Basak S, Chen DR, Biswas P (2007) Electrospray of ionic precursor solutions to synthesize
iron oxide nanoparticles: modified scaling law. Chem Eng Sci 62:1263–1268
92. Herrmann IK, Grass RN, Mazunin D, Stark WJ (2009) Synthesis and covalent surface
functionalization of nonoxidic iron core-shell nanomagnets. Chem Mater 21:3275–3281
93. Bhattacharya D, Das M, Mishra D, Banerjee I, Sahu SK, Maiti TK, Pramanik P (2011) Folate
receptor targeted, carboxymethyl chitosan functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles: a novel
ultradispersed nanoconjugates for bimodal imaging. Nanoscale 3:1653–1662
94. Mikhaylova M, Kim DK, Berry CC, Zagorodni A, Toprak M, Curtis ASG, Muhammed M
(2004) BSA immobilization on amine-functionalized superparamagnetic iron oxide
nanoparticles. Chem Mater 16:2344–2354
95. Qu H, Caruntu D, Liu H, O’Connor CJ (2011) Water-dispersible iron oxide magnetic
nanoparticles with versatile surface functionalities. Laungmuir 27:2271–2278
96. Yigit MV, Mazumdar D, Lu Y (2008) MRI detection of thrombin with aptamer
functionalized superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles. Bioconjug Chem 19:412–417
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