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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Carbon Nanohorn"”.
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Developing a Living Composite Ligament by Combining Prolotherapy and Nanoparticles as Treatment for Damaged Connective Tissue
… The phenomenal strength and stiffness of carbon nanoparticles have been used for commercial purposes in composite materials, but investigation of biomedical applications is still fairly nascent. In an attempt to develop a non-surgical approach to supporting and healing damaged ligaments …
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Intracellular Transport in Cancer Treatments: Carbon Nanohorns Conjugated to Quantum Dots and Chemotherapeutic Agents
… was to study the intracellular transport of carbon nanohorns and to improve the efficacy of various chemotherapeutic agents through increased intracellular transport. In the first study, fluorescent probes (quantum dots) were conjugated to carbon nanohorns to facilitate the optical …
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Non-Covalent Interactions in the Design and Performance of Macromolecules for Biological Technologies
… materials. Metal-ligand interactions facilitated carbon nanohorn functionalization with quantum dots through the zinc-sulfur interaction. The incorporation of platinum-based chemotherapeutic cisplatin generated a theranostic nanohorn capable of real-time imaging and drug delivery concurrent with …
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Assembly, characterization and evaluation of a 3rd generation nanoparticle based drug carrier for metastatic breast cancer treatment
… drug delivery. Functionalized single walled carbon nanohorn or poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) was encapsulated in the polyethylene glycol (PEG) coated liposome for high drug loading and controlled release. Anti-Her2 antibody or Herceptin® was grafted onto the surface of the liposome for a …
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Design and Validation of Medical Devices for Photothermally Augmented Treatments
… designs. *In Vivo Co-Delivery of Single Walled Carbon Nano-horns and Laser Light to Treat Human Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder in a Rodent Model Using a rodent model we explored a treatment method for Transitional Cell Carcinoma (TCC) in the urinary bladder in which Single …
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Development of a Hollow-Core Fiberoptic Microneedle Device for the Treatment of Invasive Bladder Cancer
… the fluid dispersal of single-walled carbon nanohorns (SWNHs) in the wall of inflated, healthy ex vivo bladders demonstrated that perfusion of 2 cm° on the bladder wall's surface can be achieved with a 5 minute infusion at 50 ?L/min. Irradiation of the SWNH perfused bladder wall tissue …
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The Preparation, Functionalization and Biomedical Applications of Carbonaceous Nanomaterials
Carbon nanomaterials have attracted significant attention in the past decades for their unique properties and potential applications in many areas. This dissertation addresses the preparation, functionalization and potential biomedical applications of various carbonaceous nanomaterials. Trimetallic …