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Applications of Carbon Nanotubes

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Carbon Nanotubes for Targeted Drug Delivery

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The unique characteristic of carbon combines with the molecular integrity of CNTs to provide it with outstanding substance characteristics like elevated electrical and thermal conductivity, rigidity, strength as well as hardness (Aqel et al., Arab J Chem 5:1–23, 2012).

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  1. Department of Pharmacy, Shri Venkateshwara University, Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Md Saquib Hasnain

  2. Department of Pharmaceutics, Seemanta Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India

    Amit Kumar Nayak

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Hasnain, M.S., Nayak, A.K. (2019). Applications of Carbon Nanotubes. In: Carbon Nanotubes for Targeted Drug Delivery. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0910-0_6

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