Boron nitride nanotubes: A novel vector for targeted magnetic drug delivery

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-38

  Ciofani, Gianni ^a   Raffa, Vittoria ^a   Yu, Jun ^b   Chen, Ying ^b   Obata, Yosuke ^c   Takeoka, Shinji ^c   Menciassi, Arianna ^a,d   Cuschieri, Alfred ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boron nitride nanotubes; Magnetism; Modelling of uptake kinetics; Targeted drug delivery

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; FE CATALYST; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD ANALYSIS; IN-VITRO TESTS; LANGEVIN THEORY; LIVING CELL; MAGNETIC DRUG DELIVERY; MAGNETIC SOURCES; MAGNETISATION CURVES; MODELLING OF UPTAKE KINETICS; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; USEFUL PROPERTIES;

BORON; BORON NITRIDE; DRUG DELIVERY; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAGNETISM; NITRIDES; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; NANOCARRIER; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 65949111057     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341309787314557     Document Type: Review

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