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Drug Delivery: Doxorubicin Adsorbed on Carbon Nanotubes: Helical Structure and New Release Trigger (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 19/2017)
Author(s) -
Sadaf Shamaila,
Walder Lorenz
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced materials interfaces
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.671
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 2196-7350
DOI - 10.1002/admi.201770099
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , nanotechnology , drug delivery , doxorubicin , drug , pharmacology , medicine , surgery , chemotherapy
Shamaila Sadaf and Lorenz Walder study the structure of self‐assembled anti cancer drug doxorubicin on chiral carbon nanotubes (CNTs) used as drug carrier in article number 1700649 . The scanning tunneling microscopic pictures in the background demonstrate the rich architectural variety of doxorubicin@CNT wrapping in a helical fashion around the CNTs. Upon electron injection the drug molecules wake up, leave the carrier and become ready to fulfill their task.