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Carbon Nanotubes :

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9789814241663

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9814241660

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b597213

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Carbon Nanotubes :

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[Book]

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From Bench Chemistry to Promising Biomedical Applications.

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Giorgia Pastorin

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Milton

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Pan Stanford Publishing

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2019

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(391 pages)

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7.2.3.3 Electric luminescence

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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Stabilisation of Carbon Nanotube Suspensions; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Functionalised CNTs for Drug Delivery; 1.3 Surface-Active Agents in Stabilising CNT Suspensions; 1.4 Stabilisation of Aqueous Suspensions of Carbon Nanotubes by Self-Assembling Block Copolymers; 1.5 Stabilisation of Aqueous Suspensions of Carbon Nanotubes by Chitosan and its Derivatives; 2. Biomedical Applications I: Delivery of Drugs; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Non-Covalent Functionalisation on the External Walls 2.3 "Defect" Functionalisation at the Tips and Sidewalls2.4 Covalent Functionalisation on the External Sidewalls; 2.5 Encapsulation Inside CNTs; 2.6 Conclusions and Perspectives; 3. Biomedical Applications II: Influence of Carbon Nanotubes in Cancer Therapy; 3.1 Importance of Nanotechnology in Cancer Therapy; 3.2 Carbon Nanotubes: A Brief Overview; 3.3 Carbon Nanotubes as Drug Vectors in Cancer Treatment; 3.4 Delivery of Oligonucleotides Mediated by Carbon Nanotubes; 3.5 Carbon Nanotubes in Radiotherapy; 3.6 Carbon Nanotubes in Thermal Ablation; 3.7 Biosensors Based on Carbon Nanotubes 3.8 Conclusions4. Biomedical Applications III: Delivery of Immunostimulants and Vaccines; 4.1 Introduction to the Immune System; 4.2 Immunogenic Response of Peptide Antigens Conjugated to Functionalised CNTs; 4.2.1 Fragment Condensation of Fully Protected Peptides; 4.2.2 Selective Chemical Ligation; 4.3 Interaction of Functionalised CNTs with CPG Motifs and Their Immunostimulatory Activity; 4.4 Immunogenicity of Carbon Nanotubes; 4.5 Conclusions; 5. Biomedical Applications IV: Carbon Nanotube-Nucleic Acid Complexes for Biosensors, Gene Delivery and Selective Cancer Therapy; 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Interaction of CNTs with Nucleic Acids5.3 Sensors and Nanocomposites; 5.4 CNT-Nucleic Acid Complexes for Gene Delivery and Selective Cancer Treatment; 6. Biomedical Applications V: Influence of Carbon Nanotubes in Neuronal Living Networks; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Effects of Carbon Nanotubes on Neuronal Cells' Adhesion, Growth, Morphology and Differentiation; 6.3 Electrical Stimulation of Neuronal Cells Grown on Carbon Nanotube-Based Substrates; 6.4 Investigation of the Mechanisms of the Electrical Interactions Between CNTs and Neurons; 6.5 Conclusions and Perspectives 7. Biomedical Applications VI: Carbon Nanotubes as Biosensing and Bio-interfacial Materials7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Biosensor; 7.2.1 Structure and Electric Properties of CNTs; 7.2.2 CNTs as Electric Sensors; 7.2.2.1 CNT-based electric devices; 7.2.2.2 CNT-based sensors; 7.2.2.2.1 Mass/force sensor; 7.2.2.2.2 Chemical sensors; 7.2.2.2.3 Structure sensor; 7.2.2.2.4 Electric probes; 7.2.2.2.5 Microscope sensors; 7.2.2.2.6 Liquid flow sensor: transfer momentum to current; 7.2.3 Fluorescence Emission, Quenching and Detection; 7.2.3.1 Fluorescence emitter; 7.2.3.2 Raman spectrum

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Giorgia Pastorin

Giorgia Pastorin

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