“…In contrast to previous carrier coating strategies using lipid bilayer or cationic polymers, [ 4,8,30,41 ] this TA coating has been featured by high biocompatibility, availability to various substrates, facile one-step preparation and pH-dependent decomposition. [ 40,42,43 ] In this study, the successful coating of TA onto the nanoparticles is fi rst confi rmed by FTIR, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), thermogravimetric analysis ( Figure S7, Supporting Information). The TA coated sample shows additional C-H adsorption peaks in 1300-1500 cm −1 range of FTIR spectrum.…”