Functionalised carbon nanotubes: High biocompatibility with lack of toxicity

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 10-12, 2011, Pages 885-897

  Herrero, M Antonia ^a   Lacerda, Lara ^c   Bianco, Alberto ^d   Kostarelos, Kostas ^c   Prato, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Functionalisation; Kidney; Nanomedicine; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARBON NANOTUBES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PARTICLE BEAMS; TOXICITY;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; FUNCTIONALISATION; FUNCTIONALISED CARBON NANOTUBES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION; KIDNEY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHIES; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84857210860     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2011.044433     Document Type: Article

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