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Review
. 2015 Jun;20(6):750-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2015.01.006. Epub 2015 Jan 17.

Pharmaceutical and biomedical applications of surface engineered carbon nanotubes

Neelesh Kumar Mehra  1 , Keerti Jain  1 , Narendra Kumar Jain  2
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Review

Pharmaceutical and biomedical applications of surface engineered carbon nanotubes

Neelesh Kumar Mehra et al. Drug Discov Today. 2015 Jun.

Abstract

Surface engineered carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are attracting recent attention of scientists owing to their vivid biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. The focus of this review is to highlight the important role of surface engineered CNTs in the highly challenging but rewarding area of nanotechnology. The major strength of this review lies in highlighting the exciting applications of CNTs to boost the research efforts, which unfortunately are otherwise scattered in the literature making the reading non-coherent and non-homogeneous.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Various nanocomposites: (a) SWCNTs, (b) MWCNTs, (c) Cup-stacked CNTs, (d) Carbon nanohorns, (e) Fullerenes, (f) Carbon nanotorous, (g) Carbon nanopeapods, and (h) Carbon nanobuds (Adopted from www.google.com; accessed date: 21st September, 2014).
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Fig. 2
(A) Receptor mediated endocytosis targeted drug delivery via parenteral administration of CNTs formulation. (B) CNTs penetrate and cross the plasma cell membrane due to their tiny needle dimension.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
CNTs conjugates employed in bioactives delivery.
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