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. 2018 May 11;8(12):3284–3307. doi: 10.7150/thno.25220

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Functionalization of IONPs with silica. (A) General procedures for coating silica on IONPs. Reprinted with permission from 116, copyright 2006. (B) La Mer-like diagram: hydrolyzed TEOS (monomers) concentration against time for homogeneous nucleation and heterogeneous nucleation and TEM images of different Fe3O4@SiO2 NPs. Reprinted with permission from 117, copyright 2012. (C) TEM images and magnetization curves of Fe3O4@SiO2 hollow mesoporous spheres with varying Fe3O4 content. Reprinted with permission from 118, copyright 2010. (D) Schematic illustration of the preparation of IOMSN@uIO(DOX)-FA NPs and its application as a MRI-guided stimuli-responsive theranostic platform for effective targeted chemotherapy of cancer. Reprinted with permission from 119, copyright 2018.