Nanorobot architecture for medical target identification

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Cavalcanti, Adriano ^a,b   Shirinzadeh, Bijan ^b   Freitas Jr , Robert A ^c   Hogg, Tad ^d  

^a Center for Automation in Nanobiotech Australia   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Institute for Molecular Manufacturing   (United States)

^d HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOSENSORS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICINE;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; NANOBIOELECTRONICS; NANOROBOT ARCHITECTURE;

NANOROBOTICS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER; CONFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG METABOLISM; ENERGY RESOURCE; FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANOSENSOR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMORECEPTOR; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 36749080019     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/01/015103     Document Type: Article

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