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SUBMITTER: Lin LS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4564054 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lin Li-Sen LS Cong Zhong-Xiao ZX Cao Jian-Bo JB Ke Kai-Mei KM Peng Qiao-Li QL Gao Jinhao J Yang Huang-Hao HH Liu Gang G Chen Xiaoyuan X
ACS nano 20140326 4
Multifunctional nanocomposites have the potential to integrate sensing, diagnostic, and therapeutic functions into a single nanostructure. Herein, we synthesize Fe3O4@polydopamine core-shell nanocomposites (Fe3O4@PDA NCs) through an in situ self-polymerization method. Dopamine, a melanin-like mimic of mussel adhesive proteins, can self-polymerize to form surface-adherent polydopamine (PDA) films onto a wide range of materials including Fe3O4 nanoparticles used here. In such nanocomposites, PDA p ...[more]