Carbon nanotubes in biology and medicine: In vitro and in vivo detection, imaging and drug delivery

Z Liu, S Tabakman, K Welsher, H Dai - Nano research, 2009 - Springer
Carbon nanotubes exhibit many unique intrinsic physical and chemical properties and have
been intensively explored for biological and biomedical applications in the past few years. In …

Chemistry of carbon nanotubes

D Tasis, N Tagmatarchis, A Bianco, M Prato - Chemical reviews, 2006 - ACS Publications
The unidirectional growth of materials to form nanowires or nanotubes has attracted
enormous interest in recent years. Within the different classes of tubes made of organic or …

Colorimetric biosensing using smart materials

Y Song, W Wei, X Qu - Advanced Materials, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, colorimetric biosensing has attracted much attention because of its low cost,
simplicity, and practicality. Since color changes can be read out by the naked eye …

Carbon nanotube (CNT)-based composites as electrode material for rechargeable Li-ion batteries: A review

XM Liu, Z dong Huang, S woon Oh, B Zhang… - … Science and Technology, 2012 - Elsevier
The ever-increasing demands for higher energy density and higher power capacity of Li-ion
secondary batteries have led to search for electrode materials whose capacities and …

Soluble, exfoliated hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets

Y Lin, TV Williams, JW Connell - The Journal of Physical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), the isoelectric analogue of graphite, was functionalized
using lipophilic and hydrophilic amine molecules. The functionalization induced the …

Applications of carbon nanotubes in drug delivery

A Bianco, K Kostarelos, M Prato - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2005 - Elsevier
The development of new and efficient drug delivery systems is of fundamental importance to
improve the pharmacological profiles of many classes of therapeutic molecules. Many …

Gold nanoparticles: interesting optical properties and recent applications in cancer diagnostics and therapy

X Huang, PK Jain, IH El-Sayed, MA El-Sayed - Nanomedicine, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Recent years have seen tremendous progress in the design and study of nanomaterials
geared towards biological and biomedical applications, most notable among these being …

Function-driven engineering of 1D carbon nanotubes and 0D carbon dots: mechanism, properties and applications

Q Xu, W Li, L Ding, W Yang, H Xiao, WJ Ong - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-free carbonaceous nanomaterials have witnessed a renaissance of interest due to the
surge in the realm of nanotechnology. Among myriads of carbon-based nanostructures with …

Dispersion, interfacial interaction and re-agglomeration of functionalized carbon nanotubes in epoxy composites

PC Ma, SY Mo, BZ Tang, JK Kim - Carbon, 2010 - Elsevier
The surface, interfacial and dispersion properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and the
mechanical properties of the CNT/epoxy composites affected by CNT functionalization are …

Cellular uptake of functionalized carbon nanotubes is independent of functional group and cell type

K Kostarelos, L Lacerda, G Pastorin, W Wu… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
The development of nanomaterials for biomedical and biotechnological applications is an
area of research that holds great promise and intense interest, and carbon-based …