Biomedical applications of nanostructured porous silicon: A review

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Martín Palma, Raul J ^a   Manso Silván, Miguel ^a   Torres Costa, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

biomedicine; drug delivery; eye disease; nanostructure; porous silicon; tissue engineering; tumor imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DELIVERY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOSYSTEMS; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TUMORS;

AQUEOUS SOLUBILITY; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICINE; CURRENT FABRICATION; EYE DISEASE; NANOSTRUCTURED SYSTEMS; OVERALL PROPERTIES; TUMOR IMAGING;

POROUS SILICON;

EID: 80455178686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3496303     Document Type: Review

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