Carbon nanotubes in drug and gene delivery /

Recent important discoveries and developments in nanotechnology have had a remarkable and ever-increasing impact on many industries, especially materials science, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. Within this book, the authors describe different features of carbon nanotubes, survey the properties...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Karimi, Mahdi (Scientist) (Autor), Ghasemi, Amir (Autor), Mirkiani, Soroush (Autor), Basri, Seyed Masoud Moosavi (Autor), Hamblin, Michael R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2017]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 4.
IOP concise physics.
Temas:
Carbon nanotubes.
Nanomedicine.
Drug delivery systems.
Gene therapy.
Nanotubes, Carbon.
Drug Delivery Systems.
Genetic Therapy.
Nanotechnology.
SCIENCE / Nanoscience.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 2. Carbon nanotubes: properties and classification
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Classification of CNTs
  • 3. Carbon nanotube synthesis and purification
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Arc discharge
  • 3.3. Laser ablation
  • 3.4. Chemical vapor deposition
  • 3.5. Purification of CNTs
  • 4. Carbon nanotube functionalization
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Non-covalent attachment
  • 4.3. Covalent functionalization
  • 5. Mechanism of carbon nanotube uptake by cells
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Energy-dependent and energy-independent uptake and the role of the cells
  • 5.3. Role of lysosomes in CNT cell uptake
  • 5.4. CNTs in the blood stream
  • 6. Carbon nanotubes in drug delivery
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Cellular uptake mechanisms of CNTs
  • 6.3. Drug delivery
  • 7. Carbon nanotubes in gene delivery
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Surface functionalization of CNTs for GDSs
  • 7.3. Gene delivery systems (GDSs)
  • 8. Toxicity and environmental aspects of carbon nanotubes
  • 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. Environmental effects of CNTs
  • 8.3. Effect of the diameter and length of CNTs
  • 8.4. Effect of the type of CNT
  • 8.5. Effect of impurities present in CNTs
  • 8.6. Effect of CNT aggregation
  • 8.7. Effect of CNT functionalization
  • 8.8. Effect of CNT surface chemistry
  • 8.9. Effect of CNT dispersion method
  • 9. Future of carbon nanotubes in medicine
  • 9.1. Introduction.

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