Enhanced low voltage cell electropermeabilization by boron nitride nanotubes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Raffa, V ^a   Ciofani, G ^a   Cuschieri, A ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPACINGS; BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; C ATOMS; DIELECTRIC RESPONSE; ELECTROPERMEABILIZATION; IN-VITRO; LOW VOLTAGES; NANO-TOOLS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES; STATIC ELECTRIC FIELDS; STRUCTURAL ANALOGUES;

ATOMS; BORON; BORON NITRIDE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; GRAPHITE; NITRIDES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; BORON DERIVATIVE; ELBOR; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPORATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO SELECTION; NANODEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BORON COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ELECTROPORATION; HUMANS; NANOTUBES;

EID: 65249120197     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/7/075104     Document Type: Article

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