Prospects for the Use of Carbon Nanotubes in Medicine-Juniper Publishers
Authored by J Igielska-Kalwat Abstract Newly discovered compounds showing unique properties can have profound effect on development of medicine. As far as carbon is concerned, a discovery of great consequences for medicine was that of a new allotropic form of carbon known as fullerene. Recently much interest has been paid to the application of carbon nanotubes as carriers of therapeutic drugs, biosensors, in gene therapy or in anticancer therapy. Keywords: Nanotubes; Nanotechnology; Medicine Abbrevations: SWCNT: Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes; MWCNT: Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes; CVD: Chemical Vapour Deposition; CNT: Carbon Nanotubes; NIR: Near-Infrared Radiation; f-CNT: Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes; CNPs: Carbon Nanotubes Polymers Composites Introduction Nanotechnology has become one of the most intensely developing area of research and it combines the achievements from many branches of science. In...