Carbon nanotubes for biomedical applications

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-195

  Sinha, Niraj ^a   Yeow, John T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications; Multiwalled nanotubes; Single walled nanotubes

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; PURIFICATION; SENSORS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CARBON ARC-DISCHARGE TECHNIQUE; MULTIWALLED NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON NANOTUBE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 22644443621     PISSN: 15361241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2005.850478     Document Type: Article

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