title: Methods for the functionalisation of nanoparticles: new insights and perspectives.
abstract: In the field of nanometre-sized drug-delivery systems, a wide range of colloidal systems have been created in recent decades. All of the systems have a similar global structure, that is, an inner part and an external surface/interface. In several applications, the external interface is the support for desired properties and the basis of future developments. The engineering of the particle's surface is an emerging step in the design of systems at the nanometre scale. This review presents and summarises the available techniques with a particular attention to recent advances. It is also a base for future works in this expanding area of research.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U646, Angers University, 10, rue André Boquel, France. thomas.perrier2@hotmail.fr
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Perrier
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saulnier
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Benoît
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D057930:Click Chemistry; D061565:Cycloaddition Reaction; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*