Biomedical applications of graphene

Theranostics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-294

  Shen, He ^a   Zhang, Liming ^a,b   Liu, Min ^a   Zhang, Zhijun ^a  

^a SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioimaging; Biomedical application; Biosensing; Drug delivery; Graphene

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BIOMEDICINE; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

EID: 84864573657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18387640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/thno.3642     Document Type: Review

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