Therapeutic applications of low-toxicity spherical nanocarbon materials

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Jing ^a,b   Hu, Zhongbo ^b   Xu, Jianxun ^a   Zhao, Yuliang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanohorns; Fullerenes; Nanodiamonds; Nanotherapy; Nanotoxicology

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CARBON NANOHORN; CARBON NANOHORN AGGREGATES; FULLERENE NANOPARTICLES; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTHERAPY; NANOTOXICOLOGY; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; FULLERENES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANODIAMONDS; NANOHORNS; POROUS MATERIALS; SPHERES;

TOXICITY;

EID: 84896772261     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2013.79     Document Type: Review

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