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    Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 May 7;(17):2347-9. Epub 2009 Mar 6.

    Ultra-small water-dispersible fluorescent chitosan nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization and specific targeting.

    Tallury P, Kar S, Bamrungsap S, Huang YF, Tan W, Santra S.

    NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32826, USA.

    A robust water-in-oil microemulsion method of making water-dispersible ultra-small (<30 nm) size fluorescent chitosan nanoparticles is reported for the first time and specific targeting of these FCNPs to human leukemia cells via aptamer recognition is demonstrated.

    PMID: 19377681 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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