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. 2018 Apr 30;8(11):3038–3058. doi: 10.7150/thno.23459

Figure 2.

Figure 2

(A) Schematic illustration of pH-responsive aggregation of gold nanoparticlesenhancing targeted retention and cellular uptake in response to the tumor extracellular acidic stimuli. (B) Illustration of the size-dependent prolonging of blood circulation time and targeted tumor retention. (C) TEM images of pH-responsive aggregation. Reproduced with permission from 89, copyright 2013 American Chemical Society.