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Silica nanoparticles

Keep the red stuff in

Contrary to many silica materials, certain types of mesoporous silica nanoparticles do not rupture red blood cells easily

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Chun, A. Keep the red stuff in. Nature Nanotech (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2008.402

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