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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2016, Article ID 1087250, 15 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1087250
Review Article

Design of Nanoparticle-Based Carriers for Targeted Drug Delivery

Xiaojiao Yu,1 Ian Trase,1 Muqing Ren,2 Kayla Duval,1 Xing Guo,1 and Zi Chen1

1Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
2Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China

Received 8 December 2015; Revised 29 March 2016; Accepted 3 April 2016

Academic Editor: Martin Kröger

Copyright © 2016 Xiaojiao Yu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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