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Synthesis of Functionalized 10-nm Polymer-coated Gold Particles for Endothelium Targeting and Drug Delivery
Published on: January 15, 2018
Guest-controlled aggregation of cavitand gold nanoparticles and N-methyl pyridinium-terminated PEG
Marco Dionisio1, Francesca Maffei, Enrico Rampazzo
1Dipartimento di Chimica Organica ed Industriale and INSTM, UdR Parma, Università di Parma, Viale Usberti 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.
Abstract:
The introduction of a disulfide functionalized tetraphosphonate cavitand on Au nanoparticles promotes the reversible self-assembly of a hybrid network upon addition of a polymeric ditopic guest.

