Endowing carbon nanotubes with biological and biomedical properties by chemical modifications

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1899-1920

  Battigelli, Alessia ^a   Ménard Moyon, Cécilia ^a   Da Ros, Tatiana ^b   Prato, Maurizio ^b   Bianco, Alberto ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomedicine; Carbon nanotubes; Diagnostic; Functionalization; Imaging; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVE MOLECULES; BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE; BIOMEDICAL PROPERTIES; BIOMEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; THERAPY;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

10 HYDROXYCAMPTOTHECIN; AMMONIA; AMPHOTERICIN B; CAMPTOTHECIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON NANOTUBE; CHITOSAN; CHLORIN E6; CISPLATIN; DAPSONE; DNA; DOXORUBICIN; ENZYME; GONADORELIN; IRON FILLED CARBON NANOTUBE; LINTUZUMAB; MACROGOL; METHOTREXATE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; PACLITAXEL; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; POLYMER; PROTEIN; QUANTUM DOT; RITUXIMAB; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; TUMOR LYSATE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; AMIDATION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARBOXYLATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COVALENT BOND; CYCLOADDITION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISPERSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENCAPSULATION; ESTERIFICATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

BIOMEDICINE; CARBON NANOTUBES; DIAGNOSTIC; FUNCTIONALIZATION; IMAGING; THERAPY;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SOLUBILITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84888868174     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2013.07.006     Document Type: Review

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