Carbon Nanotube bioapplication

B. Zhou, and Y.-P. Sun, Advances toward bioapplications of carbon nanotubes, J. Mater. Chem., 14 (2004) 527-541. 

In this chapter, we review the recent advances in the chemical modification of carbon nanotubes related specifically to their bioapplications, discuss various approaches and developments in the use of carbon nanotubes in biology and medicine, and provide some perspectives on further investigations and emerging opportunities. 

Noncovalent approaches can usually preserve the structures and properties of carbon nanotubes after functionalization17 (though not necessarily the near-infrared absorption characteristics due to well-established doping effects), thus are equally important to the biocompatibilization and bioapplications of nanotubes.15 Among commonly employed noncovalent schemes are surfactant dispersion,18 tt-tt stacking with aromatic compounds,19 and polymer wrapping.20... 

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L. Gu, F. Lu, P. G. Luo, et al., Functionahzed carbon nanotubes for bioapplications, in The Supramolecular Chemistry of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials, eds K. Rurack and R. Martmez-Mdnez, John Wiley Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2010, pp. 197-233. 

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