Microcapsule carbon nanotube devices for therapeutic applications

Nanotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Kulamarva, Arun ^a   Raja, Pavan M V ^b   Bhathena, Jasmine ^a   Chen, Hongmei ^a   Talapatra, Saikat ^c   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^d   Nalamasu, Omkaram ^b,e   Prakash, Satya ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rice University   (United States)

^e APPLIED MATERIALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE DEVICES; MICROCAPSULE; NANO MATERIALS; NEW CLASSES; TARGET SITES; TARGETED DELIVERIES; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ALGINATE POLYLYSINE ALGINATE; CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOMATERIAL; DRUG CARRIER;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; DEVICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE; MICROCAPSULE; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; CAPSULES; DRUG CARRIERS; HUMANS; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 58149250345     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/2/025612     Document Type: Article

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