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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Control Release. 2011 Apr 8;155(2):237–247. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2011.03.032

Figure 2. Multifunctional Nanoparticles:

Figure 2

The distinguishing benefit of nanocarriers is that they can be engineered to achieve more than one task such as drug delivery, gene/RNAi delivery, targeting, imaging, and reporting. It is easy to functionalize the surface of nanocarriers and to encapsulate multiple agents. Various platforms can be used as nanocarriers. Common nanocarrier platforms are illustrated [125]. *Reproduced from Nanomedicine (2007) 2(6), 789-803 with permission of Future Medicine Ltd.