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Kun Chen1, Somenath Mitra1

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA.

Colloids and Surfaces. B, Biointerfaces
|October 15, 2018
PubMed

Keywords:
BioavailabilityCarbon nanotubesDissolution rateDrug deliveryHydrophobic drugsNanomedicine

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