Cellulose nanocrystals: a versatile nanoplatform for emerging biomedical applications

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1243-1256

  Sunasee, Rajesh ^a   Hemraz, Usha D ^b   Ckless, Karina ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioimaging; biological properties; cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs); drug delivery; tissue engineering; toxicity

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL; ENZYME; NANOCRYSTAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY;

CELLULOSE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84983315298     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: 17447593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17425247.2016.1182491     Document Type: Review

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