Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubesanticancer Drug Carriers: Synthesis, Targeting Ability and Antitumor activity

A novel functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes(f-MWNTs)-anticancer drug carriers were prepared by modifying carbon nanotubes with polyethylenimine (PEI), folic acid and quantum dots for targeting and imaging cancer cells. The functionalized MWNTs exhibited good aqueous solubility, biocompatibil...

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Main Authors: Zhong Tian, Yinfeng Shi, Min Yin, Hebei Shen, Nengqin Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tsinghua University Press 2011-09-01
Series:Nano Biomedicine and Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.5101/nbe.v3i3.p157-162