Fullerenes and related carbon based derivatives have shown a growing relevance in
biology and medicine, mainly due to the unique electronic and structural properties that …

As defined by the European Commission, a nanomaterial is a natural, an incidental, or a
manufactured material containing particles in an unbound state or as an aggregate or …

In recent years, the fabrication of nanomaterials and exploration of their properties have
attracted the attention of all branches of science, such as physics, chemistry, biology, and …

In recent years, nanotechnology has been increasingly applied to the area of drug
development. Nanoparticle-based therapeutics can confer the ability to overcome biological …

Today nanotechnology is finding growing applications in industry, biology, and medicine.
The clear benefits of using nanosized products in various biological and medical …

Most research on the toxicology of nanomaterials has focused on the effects of nanoparticles
that enter the body accidentally. There has been much less research on the toxicology of …

In this handbook, the leading experts in the field presents important and fundamental
aspects of the organic and organometallic chemistry of fullerenes. Naturally they also cover …

Carbon nanotubes, with their extraordinary mechanical and unique electronic properties,
have garnered much attention in the past five years. With a broad range of potential …

Fullerenes are entirely insoluble in water, but suitable functionalization makes the molecules
soluble. Studies on water-soluble fullerene derivatives led to the discovery of the interaction …

Because of their extraordinary electronic and mechanical properties, carbon nanotubes
have great potential as materials for applications ranging from molecular electronics to …