Drug Delivery: Doxorubicin Adsorbed on Carbon Nanotubes: Helical Structure and New Release Trigger (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 19/2017). Issue 19 (9th October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sadaf, Shamaila; Walder, Lorenz
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials interfaces. Volume 4:Issue 19(2017)
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• Publication Date: 2017-10-09
• Subjects: carbon nanotubes -- doxorubicin -- electrochemistry -- eQCM -- glutathione -- semi‐empirical -- STM; Materials science -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/admi.201770099
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2196-7350

Abstract

Abstract : Shamaila Sadaf and Lorenz Walder study the structure of self‐assembled anti cancer drug doxorubicin on chiral carbon nanotubes (CNTs) used as drug carrier in article number1700649 . The scanning tunneling microscopic pictures in the background demonstrate the rich architectural variety of doxorubicin@CNT wrapping in a helical fashion around the CNTs. Upon electron injection the drug molecules wake up, leave the carrier and become ready to fulfill their task.