Carbon Nanotubes in Drug and Gene Delivery

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-64327-840-7
Verlag: Morgan & Claypool Publishers LLC-Iop

Buch, Englisch, 93 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Reihe: IOP Concise Physics

Recent important discoveries and developments in nanotechnology have had a remarkable and ever-increasing impact on many industries, especially materials science, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. Nanocarriers have been investigated for a wide variety of different medical applications. Some examples of these nanocarriers include polymersomes, liposomes, micelles and carbon-based nanomaterials. Within this book, the authors describe different features of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), survey the properties of both the multi-walled and single-walled varieties, and cover their applications in drug and gene delivery. In addition, the book explains the structure and properties of CNTs prepared by different method, and discussed their isolation and purification. The future of CNTs in the field of biomedical science will depend on minimizing their adverse effects by careful study of their structure and properties.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karimi, Mahdi

Ghasemi, Amir

Mirkiani, Soroush

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1. Introduction
- 2. Carbon Nanotubes: Properties and Classification
- 3. Carbon Nanotube Synthesis and Purification
- 4. Carbon Nanotube Functionalization
- 5. How Carbon Nanotubes Cross the Cell Membrane
- 6. Carbon Nanotubes in Drug Delivery
- 7. Carbon Nanotubes in Gene Delivery
- 8. Toxicity and Environmental Aspects of Carbon Nanotubes
- 9. Future of Carbon Nanotube Investigation