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Carbon Nanotubes in Drug and Gene Delivery
Mahdi Karimi,Amir Ghasemi,Soroush Mirkiani,Seyed Masoud Moosavi,Seyed Masoud Moosavi Basri,Michael R. Hamblin +5 more
- 31 Oct 2017
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TL;DR: Different features of carbon nanotubes are described, the properties of both the multi-walled and single-Walled varieties are surveyed, and their applications in drug and gene delivery are surveyed.
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Abstract: 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 of both the multi-walled and single-walled varieties, and cover their applications in drug and gene delivery.
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