Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Prospects for the Use of Carbon Nanotubes in Medicine- open access journals-Juniper Publishers


Juniper Publishers- JOJ Dermatology & Cosmetics
Authored by J Igielska-Kalwat
Prospects for the Use of Carbon Nanotubes in Medicine
Nanotechnology has become one of the most intensely developing area of research and it combines the achievements from many branches of science. In 1985, Harold Kroto, Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered a new allotropic and molecular form of carbon making icosahedral hollow structures, known as fullerene. As this structure is hollow inside, it can host metal atoms or molecules of chemical compounds. It is expected that this form of drug administration may revolutionise medical industry in near future [1]. Since 1991, so since the discovery of carbon nanotubes, they have been studied in a number of research centres of which the pioneering group has been headed by Prof. SumioIijima, NEC, Japan. New properties and new possibilities of application are discovered daily. New composites with carbon nanotubes have been proposed, showing high mechanical strength, high electric conductivity, and exceptional mechanical or electric features. In medical therapy the use of carbon nanotubes permits application of active substances to exactly defined target which shortens the time in which the drug reaches the target and increases the effectiveness of therapy.

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