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Editorial

Design of Nano-Clays for Drug Delivery and Bio-Imaging: Can Toxicity Be An Issue?

Stefano Leporatti1 CNR Nanotec – Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, Lecce, 73100, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mariafrancesca Cascione2 Department of Mathematics & Physics “Ennio De Giorgi”, University of Salento, Via Arnesano, Lecce, 73100, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9849-5301View further author information
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Valeria De Matteis2 Department of Mathematics & Physics “Ennio De Giorgi”, University of Salento, Via Arnesano, Lecce, 73100, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2204-8817View further author information
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Rosaria Rinaldi2 Department of Mathematics & Physics “Ennio De Giorgi”, University of Salento, Via Arnesano, Lecce, 73100, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2798-9341View further author information
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Pages 2429-2432 | Received 07 Jul 2020, Accepted 10 Aug 2020, Published online: 03 Sep 2020

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