Issue 4, 2014
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Nanoscale

Iron oxide nanoparticle encapsulated diatoms for magnetic delivery of small molecules to tumors†

Trever Todd,ab   Zipeng Zhen,ab   Wei Tang,ab   Hongmin Chen,ab   Geoffrey Wang,ab   Yen-Jun Chuang,c   Kayley Deaton,ab   Zhengwei Panc  and  Jin Xie*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
E-mail: jin.xie@uga.edu

b Bio-Imaging Research Center (BIRC), University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA

c Faculty of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA

Abstract

Small molecules can be co-loaded with iron oxide nanoparticles onto diatoms. With an external magnetic field, the diatoms, after systemic administration, can be attracted to tumors. This study suggests a great potential of diatoms as a novel and powerful therapeutic vehicle.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3NR05623F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Oct 2013
Accepted
19 Nov 2013
First published
22 Nov 2013

Nanoscale, 2014,6, 2073-2076

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Iron oxide nanoparticle encapsulated diatoms for magnetic delivery of small molecules to tumors

T. Todd, Z. Zhen, W. Tang, H. Chen, G. Wang, Y. Chuang, K. Deaton, Z. Pan and J. Xie, Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 2073 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05623F

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