Surface Engineering of Graphene-Based Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1609-1619

  Shi, Sixiang ^a   Chen, Feng ^b   Ehlerding, Emily B ^c   Cai, Weibo ^a,b,c,d  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DELIVERY; GRAPHENE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

BIO-CONJUGATION; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTRONIC CHEMICALS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MULTI-MODALITY IMAGING; PHOTODYNAMIC DRUGS; PHOTOTHERMAL THERAPY; SURFACE ENGINEERING; TUMOR-TARGETING;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

GRAPHENE; NANOMATERIAL; GRAPHITE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CANCER THERAPY; CONJUGATION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84921477482     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: 15204812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc500332c     Document Type: Review

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