A novel and facile synthesis of porous SiO<sub>2</sub>-coated ultrasmall Se particles as a drug delivery nanoplatform for efficient synergistic treatment of cancer cells

Xijian Liu, Guoying Deng, Yeying Wang, Qian Wang, Zhifang Gao, Yangang Sun, Wenlong Zhang, Jie Lü, Junqing Hu

Nanoscale · 2016 · 63 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

A novel and facile synthetic route has been developed to fabricate porous SiO2-coated ultrasmall Se particles (Se@SiO2 nanospheres) as a drug delivery nanoplatform which combines Se quantum dots and doxorubicin (DOX) for efficient synergistic treatment of cancer cells.

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