GOLD-COATED MAGNETIC POLYMER MICROSPHERE SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION: APPLICATIONS IN BIOLOGICAL CONTEXTS

Gold-coated magnetic polymer microspheres (AuMPMs) are multi-component particles readily functionalized via gold-thiol chemistry, and can be strategically manipulated by a magnetic field. The research probes the uniformity, dispersity, stability, and conditions necessary for gold coating using a see...

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Main Author: Penamon, Phoebe
Other Authors: David W. Wright
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2012
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-09172012-143249/