Recent progress and perspectives of space electric propulsion systems based on smart nanomaterials

I Levchenko, S Xu, G Teel, D Mariotti… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Drastic miniaturization of electronics and ingression of next-generation nanomaterials into
space technology have provoked a renaissance in interplanetary flights and near-Earth …

Applications of carbon nanotubes in drug delivery

A Bianco, K Kostarelos, M Prato - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2005 - Elsevier
The development of new and efficient drug delivery systems is of fundamental importance to
improve the pharmacological profiles of many classes of therapeutic molecules. Many …

Biomedical applications of functionalised carbon nanotubes

A Bianco, K Kostarelos, CD Partidos… - Chemical …, 2005 - pubs.rsc.org
The organic functionalisation of carbon nanotubes can improve substantially their solubility
and biocompatibility profile; as a consequence, their manipulation and integration into …

Tissue biodistribution and blood clearance rates of intravenously administered carbon nanotube radiotracers

R Singh, D Pantarotto, L Lacerda… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are intensively being developed for biomedical applications
including drug and gene delivery. Although all possible clinical applications will require …

Making carbon nanotubes biocompatible and biodegradable

A Bianco, K Kostarelos, M Prato - Chemical communications, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes are promising nanomaterials with great potential in the field of
nanomedicine for both therapeutic and diagnostic applications. Different approaches have …

Binding and condensation of plasmid DNA onto functionalized carbon nanotubes: toward the construction of nanotube-based gene delivery vectors

R Singh, D Pantarotto, D McCarthy… - Journal of the …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) constitute a class of nanomaterials that possess characteristics
suitable for a variety of possible applications. Their compatibility with aqueous environments …

Inorganic semiconductor nanostructures and their field-emission applications

X Fang, Y Bando, UK Gautam, C Ye… - Journal of materials …, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
Inorganic semiconductor nanostructures are ideal systems for exploring a large number of
novel phenomena at the nanoscale and investigating the size and dimensionality …

One-dimensional inorganic nanostructures: synthesis, field-emission and photodetection

T Zhai, L Li, Y Ma, M Liao, X Wang, X Fang… - Chemical Society …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
One-dimensional inorganic nanostructures have drawn prime attention due to their potential
for understanding fundamental physical concepts and constructing nanoscale electronic and …

Carbon nanotubes for biomedical applications

N Sinha, JTW Yeow - IEEE transactions on nanobioscience, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have many unique physical, mechanical, and electronic
properties. These distinct properties may be exploited such that they can be used for …

The role of sulfur in the CVD carbon nanotube synthesis

AR Bogdanova, DV Krasnikov, AG Nasibulin - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Sulfur and sulfur-containing compounds are widely considered as a poison for numerous
technologies vital for our civilization: steam methane reforming, water gas shift reaction, and …