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. 2020 Aug 3;2(11):5090–5105. doi: 10.1039/d0na00411a

Biomedical applications of core–shell NPs.

Core@shell material Application Reference number
Fe3O4@poly(ethylene glycol) monomethacrylate Nonspecific protein adsorption 75
Fe3O4@poly(ethylene glycol) Localised hyperthermia treatment of cancers 76
Fe3O4@dextran and albumin Observation of cell–particle interactions through light and fluorescence microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy 77
Fe3O4@gelatin + dextran + human serum albumin Immunogenicity of bioactive magnetic nanoparticles 78
Fe3O4@curcumin Multimodal monitoring and drug targeting to treat tumour cells 79
Fe3O4@dopamine + siloxane + phosphonate and carboxyl groups Targeted carriers for the delivery of drugs and other biomolecules, hyperthermia treatment for cancer therapy, and highly efficient MRI contrast agents 80
Fe3O4@polyaniline Heat activated killing of cancer cells under an AC magnetic field 81
Fe3O4@antibodies Binding of human cancer cells 82
Fe3O4@polydopamine Protein recognition 83
Fe3O4@protein sequences Adaptive chemo-enzymatic microreactors 84
Au@polyaniline Glucose biosensor 85
Au@amphiphilic polymers Interaction with proteins and cells 86
Au@plasma-polymerized allylamine Cancer cell targeting 87
Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)@zeolitic-imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) Photo-chemo combination therapy with a pH-sensitive release delivery profile 88
SiO2@N-halamine Antibacterial performance against both Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria 89
NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ lanthanide-doped@polyvinylpyrrolidone Two-photon induced NIR live-cell imaging 90
Fe3O4@dopamine + siloxane + phosphonate and carboxyl groups Targeted carriers for the delivery of drugs and other biomolecules 91