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Review | Open Access

Modification of Carbon Nanotubes as an Effective Solution for Cancer Therapy

Sara Tavakolifard1, Esmaeil Biazar2( )
Department of Chemistry, Science and Research, Yazd University, Iran
Department of Biomaterials Engineering, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran
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Abstract

Carbon nanotubes (CNT) as a new class of nano-materials hold great potential for various biomedical applications. Owing to their unusual properties, carbon nanotubes have been extensively employed in electronics, nanotechnology and optics, among others. In spite of the great potential of carbon nanotubes in various domains of biomedicine, ineffcient dispersion in aqueous solutions and biological activities in vivo are still disputable. One important and feasible route in a struggle to overcome these obstacles is modification of CNTs with organic compounds and polymers, which have been widely studied and play a crucial role in biological and biomedical fields, particularly in the cancer therapy. This review focuses on the breakthrough of the recently used methods to functionalize onto the surface of carbon nanotubes with multiple chemical species in order to produce anticancer drug delivery systems for biomedical applications.

Keywords

Carbon nanotubesDrug deliveryTargetingCancer therapyBiological transporters

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Nano Biomedicine and Engineering
Volume 8 Issue 3,
September 2016
Pages 144-160
DOI: 10.5101/nbe.v8i3.p144-160
Cite this article:
Tavakolifard S, Biazar E. Modification of Carbon Nanotubes as an Effective Solution for Cancer Therapy. Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, 2016, 8(3): 144-160. https://doi.org/10.5101/nbe.v8i3.p144-160

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Received: 13 July 2016
Accepted: 07 September 2016
Published: 15 September 2016
© 2016 Sara Tavakolifard, Esmaeil Biazar.

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