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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"carbon nanohorns"”.
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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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Single Walled Carbon Nanohorns as Photothermal Absorbers, and Incorporation of Spatial Digital Image Analysis into Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy
… therapeutic impact of combining Single Walled Carbon Nanohorns (SWNHs) with photothermal therapy. The second is to advance the measurement tools used to assess photothermal therapy by developing viability measurement methods which incorporate detailed quantitative spatial information Methods: …
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Improvement in Energy Conversion and Energy Storage Applications by Liquid Crystals and Carbon Nanoparticles
… of energy storage devices, asymmetric carbon nanohorns were proposed as an active material to fabricate flexible solid‐state carbon wire (CW)‐based electrochemical supercapacitors (ss‐CWECs) which exhibited high power density and ultra‐low cutoff frequency. Based on microscopy and …
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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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Effective Cancer Therapy Design Through the Integration of Nanotechnology
… (NPs), such as multi-walled nanotubes (MWNTs) or carbon nanohorns (CNHs), into target tissue prior to laser irradiation increases heating selectivity permitting more precise thermal energy delivery to the tumor region and enhances thermal deposition thereby increasing tumor injury and reducing HSP …
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AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF SUBSTRATE POROSITY, MORPHOLOGY, AND FLEXIBILITY ON THE EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS OF ADSORPTION FOR ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR ADSORBATES
… which included CO2 adsorption on single walled carbon nanotubes (CO2 – SWCNT), Ethane adsorption on closed carbon nanohorns (Ethane-cNH), Ar adsorption on open carbon nanohorns (Ar – oNH), CO2 adsorption on zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (CO2 – ZIF-8), and O2 adsorption on ZIF-8 (O2 – ZIF-8). …
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Novel Bio-inspired Aquatic Flow Sensors
… in this work are flow sensors fabricated using carbon nanomaterials. These sensors are made by embedding carbon nanotubes (CNT) and carbon nanohorns (CNH) into a polymeric substrate and then tested by flowing a conductive aqueous solution over the surface of the exposed CNT and CNH. In response, …
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Tailoring Intermolecular Interactions for High-Performance Nanocomposites
Acid oxidation of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) introduced carboxylic acid sites onto the MWCNT surface, which permitted further functionalization. Derivatization of carboxylic acid sites yielded amide-amine and amide-urea functionalized MWCNTs from oxidized precursors. Conventional MWCNT …
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Photothermal and Photochemical Tumor Response to Carbon Nanotube Mediated Laser Cancer Therapy
… and photochemical tissue response to carbon nanotube inclusion in laser therapy using experimental and computational methods. In this study, we specifically considered varying types and concentrations (0.01-1 mg/ml) of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), e.g., multi-walled carbon nanotubes …
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Development of a Fiberoptic Microneedle Device for Simultaneous Co-Delivery of Fluid Agents and Laser Light with Specific Applications in the Treatment of Brain and Bladder Cancers
… therapeutic strategy was to infuse single-walled carbon nanohorns (SWNHs), a carbon-based nanoparticle allowing surface modification and drug encapsulation, into the infiltrating front of later stage bladder tumors. The SWNHs primarily serve as exogenous chromophores, enabling a fluid-based …
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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 …
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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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Characterization Of Nanoporous Materials Using Gas Adsorption Isotherms: Evaluating Their Potential For Gas Storage And Separation Applications
… different types of materials: single-walled carbon nanotubes (prepared by the HiPco and laser methods), single-walled nanohorns (dahlia-like and bud-like) and metal-organic frameworks (Cu-BTC and RPM-1). For these substrates we have measured volumetric adsorption isotherms using several gases …