Multimodal magnetic core-shell nanoparticles for effective stem-cell differentiation and imaging.
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SUBMITTER: Shah B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3746073 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
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Multimodal magnetic core-shell nanoparticles for effective stem-cell differentiation and imaging.
Shah Birju B Yin Perry T PT Ghoshal Shraboni S Lee Ki-Bum KB
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20130506 24
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