Carbon nanotubes part I: Preparation of a novel and versatile drug-delivery vehicle

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1071-1087

  Karimi, Mahdi ^a   Solati, Navid ^b   Amiri, Mohammad ^c   Mirshekari, Hamed ^d   Mohamed, Elmira ^b   Taheri, Mahdiar ^b   Hashemkhani, Mahshid ^b   Saeidi, Ahad ^b   Estiar, Mehrdad Asghari ^e   Kiani, Parnian ^b   Ghasemi, Amir ^c   Basri, Seyed Masoud Moosavi ^c   Aref, Amir R ^e   Hamblin, Michael R ^f,g  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addition reaction; Carbon nanotubes; Functional group; Functionalization; Purification; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINE; BIOPOLYMER; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DIAZONIUM COMPOUND; DNA; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; PEPTIDE; SURFACTANT; WATER; DRUG;

ALKYLATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COVALENT BOND; CYCLOADDITION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; LASER SURGERY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PLASMA; PRECURSOR; PURIFICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; VAPOR; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; PROCEDURES;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC THERAPY; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 84931828272     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: 17447593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425247.2015.1003806     Document Type: Review

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