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Biomedical applications of functionalised carbon nanotubes
Alberto Bianco1, Kostas Kostarelos, Charalambos D Partidos
1Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UPR9021 CNRS, Immunologie et Chimie Thérapeutiques, 67084 Strasbourg, France. A.Bianco@ibmc.u-strasbg.fr
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|January 27, 2005
Abstract:
The organic functionalisation of carbon nanotubes can improve substantially their solubility and biocompatibility profile; as a consequence, their manipulation and integration into biological systems has become possible so that functionalised carbon nanotubes hold currently strong promise as novel systems for the delivery of drugs, antigens and genes.