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The functionalization of nanoparticles with one or more specific chemical moieties, so-called ligands, results in multifunctional nanoparticles. They are widely used in biomedical applications, especially drug delivery, cancer therapy, diagnostics, tissue engineering, and molecular biology.

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Devasena T (2017). Multifunctional Nanoparticles. In: Therapeutic and Diagnostic Nanomaterials. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0923-5_2

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