Cellular uptake of functionalized carbon nanotubes is independent of functional group and cell type

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-113

  Kostarelos, Kostas ^a   Lacerda, Lara ^a   Pastorin, Giorgia ^c   Wu, Wei ^c   Wieckowski, Sébastien ^c   Luangsivilay, Jacqueline ^c   Godefroy, Sylvie ^c   Pantarotto, Davide ^b,c   Briand, Jean Paul ^c   Muller, Sylviane ^c   Prato, Maurizio ^c   Bianco, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; YARN;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL BARRIER; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CARBON-BASED NANOSTRUCTURES; CELLULAR BARRIERS; FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; THERAPEUTIC AGENTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33846929427     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2006.209     Document Type: Article

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