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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 29.
Published in final edited form as: Acc Chem Res. 2012 Aug 14;46(3):622–631. doi: 10.1021/ar300031y

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Biotransformation and fate of biodegradable, dissolvable and non-dissolved and non-biodegradable nanomaterials. (A) Modulating drugs release by PLGA-nanoparticles;31 (B) Dissolution difference between small size (23.5 nm) and big size (17 micron) copper nanoparticles in stomach of murine and in artificial acidic stomach fuild;16 (C) Dissolution of iron oxide nanoparticles by human monocytes;14 (D) Selective accumulation of Au nano-rods in cancer and normal cells result in distinct cytotoxicity.18 PLGA: poly (D,L-lactide-co-glycolide); PLA: polylactide; Cu: copper; CNTs: carbon nanotubes; TiO2: titanium dioxide.