Carbon nanotubes in drug and gene delivery /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Karimi, Mahdi (συγγραφέας.)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: San Rafael [Καλιφόρνια] : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2017.
• Σειρά: IOP concise physics.
• Θέματα: Νανοσωλήνες άνθρακα; Γονιδιακή θεραπεία; Φάρμακα > Συστήματα μεταφοράς

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.