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Iron oxide nanoparticles

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Nature Nanotechnology volume 2, pages 535–536 (2007)Cite this article

A catalytic property widely used for laboratory tests and the treatment of waste water has been discovered in iron oxide nanoparticles and could lead to many applications in medical diagnostics.

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Figure 1: A separation and detection immunoassay demonstrates the dual functionality of iron oxide nanoparticles.

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