Carbon-encapsulated radioactive 99mTc nanoparticles

Advanced Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 144-149

  Chan, Henry B S ^a   Ellis, Beverly L ^b   Sharma, Harbans L ^c   Frost, William ^a   Caps, Valerie ^a   Shields, Robert A ^b   Tsang, Shik Chi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; FULLERENES; HEATING; LEACHING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORIZATION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CARBON CAGE STRUCTURES; CRYSTALLINITY; SONICATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 1142268973     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200305407     Document Type: Article

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