Nanopumping molecules via a carbon nanotube

Nano Research

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 938-944

  Chen, Min ^a,b,c   Zang, Ji ^c   Xiao, Dingquan ^a   Zhang, C ^d   Liu, Feng ^c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Drug delivery; MD simualtion; Nanopumping

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049129313     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-009-9096-6     Document Type: Article

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