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Coating Microbubbles With Nanoparticles for Medical Imaging and Drug Delivery

Li Min Tay, Chenjie Xu

Nanomedicine · 2016 · 24 citations · 14 references

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The major goal of bringing nanoparticles and microbubbles together is to provide multifunctionality.

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