The “click-on-tube” approach for the production of efficient drug carriers based on oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (21) ◽  
pp. 3823-3831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Fedeli ◽  
Alberto Brandi ◽  
Lorenzo Venturini ◽  
Paola Chiarugi ◽  
Elisa Giannoni ◽  
...  

An efficient drug delivery system through a straightforward approach to multi-walled carbon nanotube decoration.

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 262 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Dineshkumar ◽  
K Krishnakumar ◽  
AR Bhatt ◽  
D Paul ◽  
J Cherian ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 1711-1725
Author(s):  
Ru Zhang ◽  
Shang Luo ◽  
Lin-Kun Hao ◽  
Yun-Ying Jiang ◽  
Ying Gao ◽  
...  

In order to improve the therapeutic effect, prolong the action time and reduce the side effects of the first generation thrombolytic drug urokinase (UK), a novel UK/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)-chitosan (CS)-arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (Arg-Gly-Asp) (RGD) drug delivery system was synthesized by chemical bonding/non covalent bond modification/ultrasonic dispersion. The results showed that the diameter of the UK/MWCNTs-CS-RGD drug delivery system was about 30–40 nm, there was a layer of UK was attached to the surface of the tube wall, and the distribution was relatively uniform. The average encapsulation efficiency was 83.10%, and the average drug loading was 12.81%. Interestingly, it also had a certain sustained-release effect, and its release law was best fitted by first-order kinetic equation. Moreover, the accelerated and long-term stability test results show that it had good stability. Compared with free UK, UK/MWCNTs-CS-RGD had thrombolytic effect in vitro. In addition, MTT experiment showed that the prepared MWCNTs-CS-RGD nanomaterials had good biocompatibility. A rabbit model of carotid artery thrombosis was used to conduct targeted thrombolysis experiments in vivo. Compared with free UK, UK/MWCNTs-CS-RGD could be enriched in the thrombosis site to achieve thrombus targeting. UK/MWCNTs-CS-RGD drug delivery system was expected to become an effective thrombolytic drug for targeted therapy of thrombosis.


2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alias Mohd. Yusof ◽  
Nor Aziah Buang ◽  
Lee Sze Yean ◽  
Mohd. Lokman Ibrahim ◽  
Mohamad Rusop ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (36) ◽  
pp. 18683-18693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Risi ◽  
Nora Bloise ◽  
Daniele Merli ◽  
Antonia Icaro-Cornaglia ◽  
Antonella Profumo ◽  
...  

Mitoxantrone 600 dpi in TIF format)??>(MTO) is a well-known anticancer drug. In order to improve its therapeutic effect, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were studied in vitro as a drug delivery system.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 1216-1224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Charara ◽  
Mohammad Abshirini ◽  
Mrinal C Saha ◽  
M Cengiz Altan ◽  
Yingtao Liu

This article presents three-dimensional printed and highly sensitive polydimethylsiloxane/multi-walled carbon nanotube sensors for compressive strain and pressure measurements. An electrically conductive polydimethylsiloxane/multi-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposite is developed to three-dimensional print compression sensors in a freestanding and layer-by-layer manner. The dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in polydimethylsiloxane allows the uncured nanocomposite to stand freely without any support throughout the printing process. The cross section of the compression sensors is examined under scanning electron microscope to identify the microstructure of nanocomposites, revealing good dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes within the polydimethylsiloxane matrix. The sensor’s sensitivity was characterized under cyclic compression loading at various max strains, showing an especially high sensitivity at lower strains. The sensing capability of the three-dimensional printed nanocomposites shows minimum variation at various applied strain rates, indicating its versatile potential in a wide range of applications. Cyclic tests under compressive loading for over 8 h demonstrate that the long-term sensing performance is consistent. Finally, in situ micromechanical compressive tests under scanning electron microscope validated the sensor’s piezoresistive mechanism, showing the rearrangement, reorientation, and bending of the multi-walled carbon nanotubes under compressive loads, were the main reasons that lead to the piezoresistive sensing capabilities in the three-dimensional printed nanocomposites.


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