A facile microwave method to enable biopolymer particles to get functionalized by iron-enriched carbon nanotubes (CNT-Fe), serving as drug carriers and MRI agents. For example, multifunctional CNT-Fe coated poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) (CNT-Fe-PLGA) particles (CFPP) are comprised of a PLGA core to carry cancer drugs, and CNT-Fe coating to provide a magnetic resonance (MR) signal. The process also gives the particles a unique brush-like, nanostructured surface morphology to enable a variety of biological and chemical activities. © 2014 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Xie, H., Poyraz, S., Thu, M., Liu, Y., Snyder, E. Y., Smith, J. W., & Zhang, X. (2014). Microwave-assisted fabrication of carbon nanotubes decorated polymeric nano-medical platforms for simultaneous drug delivery and magnetic resonance imaging. RSC Advances, 4(11), 5649–5652. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra45913f