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Inside Front Cover: Designed Fabrication of Silica‐Based Nanostructured Particle Systems for Nanomedicine Applications (Adv. Funct. Mater. 23/2008)
Author(s) -
Piao Yuanzhe,
Burns Andrew,
Kim Jaeyun,
Wiesner Ulrich,
Hyeon Taeghwan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.200890098
Subject(s) - nanomedicine , materials science , nanotechnology , front cover , fabrication , nanomaterials , nanoparticle , cover (algebra) , engineering , mechanical engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Silica provides an excellent host material for the integration of a wide variety of nanomaterials into uniform, multifunctional silica nanoparticle systems with specific combinations of properties for biomedical applications. On page 3745 , the Feature Article by Piao et al. surveys recent research on nanoparticle‐system fabrication strategies as well as their applications to medical diagnostics and therapy, paving the way for the emerging field of nanomedicine.