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Applications of ceramic nanoparticles in Nanomedicine
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- This paper reports on two examples of biomedical applications of ceramic nanoparticles. Thanks to their physical and chemical inertia, barium titanate nanoparticles and boron nitride nanotubes have been proved to have an optimal in vitro biocompatibility, even at high concentrations. Barium titanate nanoparticles-doxorubicin composites are successfully internalized by cancer cells, and allow for a considerable enhancement of drug up-take. Conversely, boron nitride nanotubes are explored as “nanotransducers”, thanks to their excellent piezoelectric properties. These two examples encourage further investigations and applications in biology and medicine of ceramic nanomaterials, that exhibit interesting advantages respect to traditional materials.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Mechanical Engineering
Nanoparticle
Nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
Piezoelectricity
Nanomaterials
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Mechanics of Materials
Boron nitride
visual_art
Drug delivery
Barium titanate
visual_art.visual_art_medium
Nanomedicine
General Materials Science
Ceramic
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3b7e6271f9eb114c7303ac34db4603ea