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Title: T 1 - and T 2 -weighted Magnetic Resonance Dual Contrast by Single Core Truncated Cubic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles with Abrupt Cellular Internalization and Immune Evasion
NSF-PAR ID:
10066783
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
American Chemical Society
Date Published:
Journal Name:
ACS Applied Bio Materials
Volume:
1
Issue:
1
ISSN:
2576-6422
Page Range / eLocation ID:
p. 79-89
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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