Functional single-walled carbon nanotubes 'CAR'for targeting dopamine delivery into the brain of parkinsonian mice

Q Guo, H You, X Yang, B Lin, Z Zhu, Z Lu, X Li, Y Zhao… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Current treatments for Parkinson's disease (PD) are limited, partly due to the difficulties
posed by the blood brain barrier (BBB) when delivering drugs to the brain. Herein, we …

Effects of acid treatment on structure, properties and biocompatibility of carbon nanotubes

C Dong, AS Campell, R Eldawud, G Perhinschi… - Applied Surface …, 2013 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are promising to be the next generation of viable tools for
bioapplications. Further advances in such bioapplications may depend on improved …

[HTML][HTML] Release behaviour and toxicity evaluation of levodopa from carboxylated single-walled carbon nanotubes

JM Tan, JB Foo, S Fakurazi… - Beilstein journal of …, 2015 - beilstein-journals.org
This work explores the potential use of commercially obtained, carboxylated, single-walled
carbon nanotubes (SWCNT–COOH) as nanocarriers for the antiparkinson drug, levodopa …

Incorporation of levodopa into biopolymer coatings based on carboxylated carbon nanotubes for pH-dependent sustained release drug delivery

JM Tan, B Saifullah, AU Kura, S Fakurazi, MZ Hussein - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Four drug delivery systems were formulated by non-covalent functionalization of
carboxylated single walled carbon nanotubes using biocompatible polymers as coating …

Localized heating induced chemical vapor deposition for one-dimensional nanostructure synthesis

BD Sosnowchik, L Lin, O Englander - Journal of Applied Physics, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Localized heating has emerged as a viable technique for the site specific synthesis of one-
dimensional (1D) nanostructures. By localizing the heat source, the extent of chemical vapor …

Phases of carbon nanotube growth and population evolution from in situ Raman spectroscopy during chemical vapor deposition

A Li-Pook-Than, J Lefebvre… - The Journal of Physical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The dynamical evolution of nanotube chemical vapor deposition growth was investigated by
in situ spectroscopy of three main Raman bands: G, D, and RBM. The evolution in diameter …

In situ Raman spectroscopy for growth monitoring of vertically aligned multiwall carbon nanotubes in plasma reactor

T Labbaye, A Canizares, M Gaillard, T Lecas… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Portable and highly sensitive Raman setup was associated with a plasma-enhanced
chemical vapor deposition reactor enabling in situ growth monitoring of multi-wall carbon …

The dynamics of the nucleation, growth and termination of single-walled carbon nanotubes from in situ Raman spectroscopy during chemical vapor deposition

P Finnie, A Li-Pook-Than, J Lefebvre - Nano research, 2009 - Springer
The dynamics of the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of single-walled carbon nanotubes
(SWNTs) is extracted experimentally using in situ Raman spectroscopy. Nanotubes are …

Local synthesis of aligned carbon nanotube bundle arrays by using integrated micro-heaters for interconnect applications

T Xu, J Miao, H Li, Z Wang - Nanotechnology, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
A rapid synthesis process for local growth of the aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) bundle
arrays in a quartz tube operated at room temperature is reported. The CNT bundles of 105 …

Vertically aligned CNT growth on a microfabricated silicon heater with integrated temperature control—determination of the activation energy from a continuous …

DS Engstrøm, NL Rupesinghe, KBK Teo… - Journal of …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Silicon microheaters for local growth of a vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) were
fabricated. The microheaters had a four-point-probe structure that measured the silicon …