Applications of Carbon Nanotubes in Biomedical Studies

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 726, Issue , 2011, Pages 223-241

  Liao, Hongwei ^a   Paratala, Bhavna ^a   Sitharaman, Balaji ^a   Wang, Yuhuang ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications; Biomedical imaging; Drug delivery; Nanocomposite; Single walled carbon nanotubes; Surface functionalization

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; POROSITY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYMERS; POROSITY;

EID: 79959779456     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-052-2_15     Document Type: Chapter

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