Outline
Introduction
Nanomedicine, the medicine of tomorrow
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Fullerenes
History and structure |
Functionalization of fullerenes by dry and wet approaches |
Fullerene polymers |
Biological activity and potential application of fullerene-polymer conjugates in nanomedicine |
Photothermal therapy by using fullerenes |
Fullerenes as photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy |
Fullerenes in diagnosis |
Carbon nanotubes
History, structure, and properties |
Functionalization of carbon nanotubes; covalent and noncovalent approaches |
Grafting from |
Grafting to |
Functionalization of carbon nanotubes by polymers |
Carbon nanotube-polymer conjugates in nanomedicine |
Carbon nanotube base drug delivery systems |
Toxicity of carbon nanotubes |
Factors that dominate toxicity of carbon nanotubes and strategies to overcome this problem |
Graphene and graphene oxide
Interactions between graphene sheets and living cells
History, structure |
Graphene oxide and graphene-polymer conjugates promising systems for biomedical applications |
Graphene based anticancer drug delivery systems |
Photothermal therapy |
Antiviruses and antibacterial properties of graphene sheets |