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Ultra-small water-dispersible fluorescent chitosan nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization and specific targeting.

Authors :
Tallury P
Kar S
Bamrungsap S
Huang YF
Tan W
Santra S
Source :
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) [Chem Commun (Camb)] 2009 May 07 (17), pp. 2347-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Mar 06.
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

A robust water-in-oil microemulsion method of making water-dispersible ultra-small (<30 nm) size fluorescent chitosan nanoparticles is reported for the first time and specific targeting of these FCNPs to human leukemia cells via aptamer recognition is demonstrated.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1359-7345
Issue :
17
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
19377681
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1039/b901729a