Boron nitride nanotubes: Production, properties, biological interactions and potential applications as therapeutic agents in brain diseases

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-109

  Ciofani, Gianni ^a   Danti, Serena ^b   Ricotti, Leonardo ^c   D'Alessandro, Delfo ^b   Moscato, Stefania ^d   Berrettini, Stefano ^b   Mattoli, Virgilio ^a   Menciassi, Arianna ^a,c  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boron nitride nanotubes; Brain cancer therapy; Nanomedicine; Nanotransducers; Neuronal cells

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; BRAIN CANCER; NANOMEDICINES; NANOTRANSDUCERS; NEURONAL CELL;

ATOMS; BORON; CARBON NANOTUBES; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITRIDES; ONCOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

DISEASES;

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN DISEASE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 79551657994     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341311794480345     Document Type: Article

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