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Carbon Nanotubes

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Modeling of Nanotoxicity

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As mentioned in previous chapters, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are widely used nanomaterials (NMs) nowadays in both industrial and medical applications [1]. CNTs have significantly promising biomedical applications, such as drug design [2], drug delivery [3], tumor therapy [4], tissue engineering [5], DNA recognition [6], and biosensor design.

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