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Microwave-assisted one-step rapid synthesis of folic acid modified gold nanoparticles for cancer cell targeting and detection

Zhaowu Zhang, Jing Jia, Yanyan Ma, Jian Weng, Yanan Sun, Liping Sun

MedChemComm · 2011 · 15 citations · 17 references

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In this study, folic acid-protected gold nanoparticles (FA-GNPs) were fabricated by one-step reduction of HAuCl4 by folic acid under microwave irradiation. FA-GNPs were successfully used to target and detect human cervical carcinoma cells.

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