Carbon Nanotube drug delivery system

Figure 7.2 Representative 2-D nanostructured surfaces for bone-specific drug delivery systems, (a) Selenium nanoparticle-coated titanium surface, scale bar=500nm (reprinted from Ref. [54] with permission) (b) nanotubular anodized titanium surface, scale bar= 100 nm (reprinted from Ref. [26] with permission) (c) carbon nanotubes (CNT) grown out of anodized nanotubular titanium surface, scale bar=200nm (reprinted from Ref. [26] with permission) and (d) nanocrystaUine diamond surface, scale bar=200nm.

Carbon nanotubes are the subject of many research studies from drug delivery systems to many other medical applications. Only a few references and examples have been mentioned here. This dmg delivery application by CNTs constitutes in itself the wide potential of fibrous material for smart implantable medical device designing, going beyond just the biological response impact and including physical and mechanical features. 

Feazell, R.P. et al. (2007) Soluble single-walled carbon nanotubes as longboat delivery systems for platinum(IV) anticancer drug design. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129 (27), 8438-8439. 

Successful delivery of encapsulated drug is one of the main goals of drug delivery. The nanoparticle systems undergo deformation upon intracellular uptake, leading to loss of encapsulated drug. Studies have been reported that mechanically stable carrier systems prepared with gold nanopar-ticle and carbon nanotubes can release the encapsulated substances upon mechanical rupture. ... 

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