We are pleased to share that the publication of Alessandra Spada entitled "Orthogonal functionalization of lithium niobate nanoparticles with targeting aptamers and caged chemotherapeutics" has just been published in RSC Appl. Interfaces. In this study, Alessandra developed othogonal surface functionalization pathways to develop lithium niobate (LNO)-based nanopaltforms displaying both photocaged anticancer drugs and anti-EGFR aptamers for the targeting of cancer cells overexpressing the epidermal growth factor receptor. We are grateful to the team of Prof. Yannick Mugnier (SYMME, University Savoie Mont-Blanc) for providing the bare harmonic LNO nanocrystals.FundingThe study was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (DARE, grant N° 200021E_205745) and the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (DARE, grant N° ANR-21-
CE09-0036-01).ReferencesSpada, A.; Gheata, A.; Dhouib, A.; Mugnier, Y. Gerber-Lemaire, S. Orthogonal functionalization of lithium niobate nanoparticles with targeting aptamers and caged chemotherapeutics. RSC Appl. Interfaces 2026. DOI: 10.1039/d6lf00132g.
