Entering the era of nanoscience: Time to be so small

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1441-1470

  Uskoković, Vuk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium phosphate; Drug delivery; Nanoparticles; Nanoscience; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION PROPENSITY; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE NANOPARTICLES; CRITICAL DETERMINANT; MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; NATURAL CONSEQUENCES; PHYSICAL REALITY; SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY; SYNTHETIC APPROACH;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG THERAPY; EXPERIMENTS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMORPHISM; SEA ICE;

NANOSCIENCE;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CERIUM OXIDE; CISPLATIN; COPPER OXIDE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; CYTOCHROME C'; GERMANIUM; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; HYDROXYAPATITE; LACTOGLOBULIN; LYSOZYME; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE; PACLITAXEL; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; POLITEF;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMEDICAL MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CELL ADHESION; CELL MANIPULATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DENDRITIC CELL; DENTAL EDUCATION; DIPLOPIA; DIPOLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG RETENTION; DRY POWDER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EPITHELIUM BASAL CELL; FOREIGN BODY; GLAUCOMA; GRAIN; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; ICEBERG; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; MACROMOLECULE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MELTING POINT; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROEMULSION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOENGINEERING; NANOMOTOR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOBLAST; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGE DISPLAY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION; REFRACTION INDEX; REVERSE MICELLE; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLID STATE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STOICHIOMETRY; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIGHT JUNCTION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UNITED STATES; VISCOSITY; WEAKNESS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; NANOCAPSULES; NANOMEDICINE; SCIENCE;

EID: 84883326769     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2013.1642     Document Type: Review

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