Carbon nanotubes: Properties, synthesis, purification, and medical applications

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Eatemadi, Ali ^a   Daraee, Hadis ^a   Karimkhanloo, Hamzeh ^a   Kouhi, Mohammad ^c   Zarghami, Nosratollah ^a   Akbarzadeh, Abolfazl ^a,d   Abasi, Mozhgan ^a   Hanifehpour, Younes ^b   Joo, Sang Woo ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon nanostructures; Drug delivery; Flexibility; Nanotubes; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DELIVERY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOTUBES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; TOXICITY;

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; FLEXIBILITY; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; NANOSCALE STRUCTURE; PRODUCTION METHODS; SURFACE AREA;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84938564865     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-393     Document Type: Article

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