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Hierarchical Self‐Assembly for Nanomedicine
Author(s) -
Bishop Kyle J. M.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201510751
Subject(s) - nanomedicine , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , drug delivery , photoacoustic imaging in biomedicine , plasmon , materials science , vesicle , function (biology) , chemistry , physics , membrane , optoelectronics , optics , biology , evolutionary biology , biochemistry
Function at all scales : Hierarchical assemblies of nanoparticles provide routes to multifunctional materials, in which structures at different scales impart different functions. Plasmonic vesicles formed by nanoparticle “strings” are useful both as contrast agents for photoacoustic imaging and as light‐activated drug‐delivery vehicles.