Tunable chemistry and morphology of multi-wall carbon nanotubes as a route to non-toxic, theranostic systems

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 7677-7686

  Boncel, Sławomir ^a   Müller, Karin H ^b   Skepper, Jeremy N ^b   Walczak, Krzysztof Z ^a   Koziol, Krzysztof K K ^b  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cytotoxicity; Electron microscopy; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes; Oxidised carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG MOLECULES; DRUG-TARGETING; ENDOHEDRALS; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FERROMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; FUNCTIONALISATION; HUMAN MACROPHAGES; LOCALISATION; MRI CONTRAST AGENTS; N-DOPED; NANOTUBE CORES; NANOVEHICLES; NEEDLE-LIKE; NITROGEN-DOPED; OXIDISED CARBON NANOTUBES;

CELL MEMBRANES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOMAGNETICS; TOXICITY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CYTOSTATIC AGENT; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 80051546693     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.06.055     Document Type: Article

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