From: Preparation, toxicity reduction and radiation therapy application of gold nanorods
Ligand or coating utilized
Refs.
PEG or PEG-based polymer
[39, 40, 47]
PVA
[48]
PVP
[49]
MPA
[41]
MUA
[42,43,44, 50, 51, 58]
Phospholipid bilayer
[45]
Partially thiolated polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer
[46]
SiO2
[52,53,54,55,56,57]
MOFs
[58,59,60]