Table 6.

Examples of the medical uses already been demonstrated for gold-coated iron magnetic nanoparticles

Type of nanoparticle	Medical application	Ref
Gold-coated iron oxide	Targeted delivery of doxorubicin	[194]
Gold-coated iron oxide	Photothermal and photodynamic combination anticancer treatment	[197]
Gold hybrid nanoparticles	Photothermal anticancer therapy	[199]
Gold-coated iron nanoparticles	T1- and T2-MRI imaging	[202]
Multifunctional gold nanoparticle	Magnetically directed tumor targeting in mice for phototherapy and imaging of the particles	[203]
Multifunctional gold-coated iron oxide	Cancer diagnosis and therapy	[204]
Gold-coated iron oxide	Cancer therapy	[205]
Gold-coated iron oxide	MRI/PA imaging	[206]