Towards mimicking natural protein channels with aligned carbon nanotube membranes for active drug delivery

Life Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue 15-16, 2010, Pages 563-568

  Majumder, Mainak ^a   Stinchcomb, Audra ^b   Hinds, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b University of Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Drug delivery; Gatekeeper; Membrane; Nanoporous; Nanostructure; Transdermal

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; NICOTINE; POLYSTYRENE; SILICONE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; FILM COATING; FLUID FLOW; GAS FLOW; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOFABRICATION; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; DIFFUSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POROSITY;

PYRONIA TITHONUS;

EID: 77950690094     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2009.04.006     Document Type: Review

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