Table 1.

Overview publication on specific issues related with the synthesis and applications of hybrid nanoparticles.

Year	Authors	Reference	Main aspect highlighted
2001	F. Caruso	[2]	Functionalization of particle surfaces (mainly layer-by-layer)
2004	F. Caruso (ed.)	[3]	Colloidal particles (book)
	Shi et al.	[4]	Layer-by-layer technique for nanostructured materials
2007	Ballauff and Lu	[5]	Thermosensitive core–shell microgel particles (also hybrid particles)
	Lattuada and Hatton	[6]	Janus magnetic nanoparticles
2009	Karg and Hellweg	[7]	Poly(NIPAM) microgels and nanoparticle microgel hybrids
	Landfester	[8]	Polymer and hybrid nanoparticles by miniemulsion polymerization
2010	Agrawal et al.	[9]	Colloid-based composite particles
	Landfester and Weiss	[10]	Encapsulation in nanoparticles by miniemulsion polymerization
	Sperling and Parak	[11]	Functionalization and bioconjugation of inorganic nanoparticles
	Than and Green	[12]	Functionalization of nanoparticles for biomedical applications
2011	Hu et al.	[13]	Organic–inorganic nanocomposites by miniemulsion polymerization
	Musyanovych and Landfester	[14]	Core–shell particles
	Neoh and Kang	[15]	Polymer-functionalized inorganic nanoparticles for biomedical applications
2012	Chapel and Berret	[16]	Electrostatic assembly of nanoparticles and polyelectrolytes
	Dong et al.	[17]	Soft vesicles as templates for inorganic materials
	Muñoz-Espí et al.	[18]	Miniemulsion for inorganic synthesis
	Sailor and Park	[19]	Hybrid nanoparticles for detection and treatment of cancer
2013	Froimowicz et al.	[20]	General overview of surface-functionalized nanoparticles
	He et al.	[21]	Asymmetric metal(oxide) hybrid nanoparticles
	Muñoz-Espí et al.	[22]	Use of colloidal systems for crystallization
2014	Rangelov and Pispas	[23]	Polymer and polymer-hybrid nanoparticles (book)