Graphene oxide-based drug delivery vehicles: Functionalization, characterization, and cytotoxicity evaluation

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Makharza, Sami ^a   Cirillo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Bachmatiuk, Alicja ^c,d,e   Ibrahim, Imad ^a   Ioannides, Nicholas ^f   Trzebicka, Barbara ^e   Hampel, Silke ^a   Rümmeli, Mark H ^c,d  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^e CENTRE OF POLYMER AND CARBON MATERIALS   (Poland)

^f LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug therapy; Graphene oxide; Health effects; Nanocarrier; Nanomedicine

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DRUG THERAPY; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

DRUG DELIVERY VEHICLES; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; HEALTH EFFECTS; NANOCARRIERS; NON-COVALENT FUNCTIONALIZATION; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; THERAPEUTIC DRUGS;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

CARBON; DOXORUBICIN; GRAPHENE OXIDE; IRINOTECAN; METHOTREXATE; NANOCARRIER; RITUXIMAB;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84887035712     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-2099-y     Document Type: Review

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