Magnetic, fluorescent and hybrid nanoparticles: From synthesis to application in biosystems

Multifunctional nanoparticles have emerged as an outstanding candidate for a new generation of biomedical applications, mainly due to their remarkable properties and biocompatibility. Individual reports on multi-metal, semiconducting and superparamagnetic nanoparticles (SPIONs), elucidating on each's unique intrinsic properties, have demonstrated that the biological application of such materials is highly dependent of their size, shape, surface...