| BSA | Bovine Serum Albumin |
| DMPC | 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine |
| CHOL | Cholesterol |
| FF | Ferrofluid |
| hd | Hydrodynamic diameter |
| LUVs | Large unilamellar vesicles |
| MLs | Magnetoliposomes |
| NPs | Nanoparticles |
| PC | l-α-phosphatydylcholine |
| PDI | Polydispersity Index |
| PEG | 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[methoxy(polyethylene glycol)-2000] (ammonium salt) |
| PEG* | 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[maleimide (polyethylene glycol)-2000] (ammonium salt) (DSPE-Mal-PEG-2000) |
| PL | Phospholipid |
| RGDc | Cyclic arginine-glycine-aspartate peptide |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| Cryo-TEM | Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy |